Why the curriculum should be based on students' readiness not their age, argues Geoff Masters, Australian Council for Educational Research I handed down the final report of a two-year review of the New South Wales school curriculum in June 2020. One of the review’s key recommendations...
Is it safe for me and my baby? Nina Jane Chad and Karleen Gribble look at the issues. Australia’s front-line health workers, quarantine staff, border control officers, and workers and residents in aged-care homes have been offered the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Some of these workers will be women...
During a pandemic, the number of air changes per hour should be higher than usual, report Mary Myla Andamon, Jin Woo and Priya Rajagopalan. The World Health Organisation recommends six air changes per hour. Victorian students are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality. Our...
Patricia Tan and her toddler have an uncomfortable encounter at the park. My son and I are laughing and enjoying a sunny afternoon at our local playground. When he zooms down the slide and lands at my feet, he is approached by an older boy with...
Schools are no different from any other part of society, writes Jane Wilkinson. They have their issues, challenges and a wide variety of human nature. In late October 2019, Victorians were shocked to hear of sustained anti-Semitic bullying occurring in two public schools. The Victorian Education...
Let’s start by putting aside the bugbear that it is even possible to “cancel” children’s author Dr Seuss, writes Kate Cantrell and Sharon Bickle As Philip Bump wrote recently in The Washington Post, No one is ‘cancelling’ Dr Seuss. The author, himself, is dead for one thing,...
Families come in all shapes and sizes, writes Jacqui Tomlin. Something is happening in our house on weekday mornings. We call it Sock Torture. Our youngest started Kindy recently, and she’s loving it, but at either end of the school day she’s tired, and how shall...
Samantha Allemann enjoyed playing with dolls for a much longer time than her peers. When I was 10 and about to go into hospital to get my tonsils removed, Mum bought me a present to soothe the pain: Gymnast Barbie. I was thrilled and made her...
Leticia Anderson, Kathomi Gatwiri, Lynette Riley and Marcelle Townsend-Cross look at ways teachers (and parents) can bring the topic of racism comfortably into the classroom. As Black Lives Matter protests rage across the world, many of us are motivated to learn more about racism and talk...
A world of children’s books is dominated by white authors. Children develop bias from an early age, report Helen Joanne Adam, Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Libby Jackson-Barrett, and Robert Stanly Somerville. Global support for the Black Lives Matter movement isn’t only about standing up against the injustice done...
