Australia's school population will start to fall within two years as the country's declining birth rate makes an impact on enrolments, according to a new report. Link: Low birth rate to hit school enrolments.
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That should be that....but somehow I don't think so... The National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy in Australia. Link: Teaching Reading - National Library Teaching Reading - ACER
Ross Gittins, writing in The Age asserts: OUR miracle economy is running out of spark. The rapid productivity improvement of the 1990s has not continued into the noughties. Between 1998 and 2004, growth in multi-factor productivity dropped to a below-trend 1 per cent a year, compared with 2.1 per cent during the 1993 to 1998 growth cycle. …
Trying to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind, thousands of schools are reducing class time spent on other subjects. By SAM DILLON. [NYT > Education] Link: Schools Cut Back Subjects to Push Reading and Math
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its report on data collected in 2004. The report states that in August 2004, there were 9,615 schools in Australia of which 6,938 were government schools and 2,677 were non-government schools. Link: Schools in Australia: Australian Bureau of Statistics Report
Often at this time of year, newspapers report on disappointed year 12 students who have missed out on a place in universities. A study released by ACER included 8000 students evaluates those who were unsuccessful. The study, Unmet Demand? Characteristics and Activities of University Applicants Not Offered a Place, was released by ACER in December 2005 as part of the Longitudinal Surveys…
Differentiation begins when a teacher takes an honest look at the diversity of learners within the classroom. This article discusses the importance of building relationships and structuring learning to the individual, especially through the middle years of schooling. Link: Differentiating Instruction: Why Bother?.
Richard Teese: THE principals of MacRobertson Girls' School and Melbourne High School have mounted a remarkable defence of their schools as historical champions of meritocratic equity ("Select schools benefit all state students", Opinion, 27/11). Not that that was the point they should have addressed. Which was why have more. But alas, how history deserts those unfaithful to it, who present…
Those of us familiar with the changes in the UK under Tony Blairs "Education, Education, Education" world view, will recognise elements of this proposal. This will be something that we should watch very closely. In a profound and challenging move in State Education, Carolin Milburn reports in todays Saturday "Age Online" that some state schools will be closed and their…