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Canberra school among the first to adopt new national teaching framework

New resource aims to improve teaching and reduce workloads.

The Canberra Times · Aug 17

NAPLAN results: here's how students fared in the test this year

Everything we know so far about NAPLAN.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 4

Naplan results: reading and writing worsens in Australian schools as one in three students fail to meet benchmarks

Education minister Jason Clare says the results showed ‘real challenges’ but numeracy scores were heartening

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4

‘They leave our school flying’: how one Sydney school is defying its ‘disadvantage’

Auburn North public school outperforms others despite English not being the first language for 98% of students

The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2024

Twenty private schools with wealthiest parents received $130m total in Australian public funds in 2023

Data comes as education minister remains stalled in negotiations with states and territories over contributions to Schooling Resource Standard

The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2024

Australia’s biggest states hold out for greater public school funding as deadline passes

Queensland, Victoria, NSW and South Australia defy education minister Jason Clare and push on for a 5% increase in federal funds

The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2024

'Wake-up call': one in three kids fail basic standards

Calls to fully fund public schools are rising after the 2024 NAPLAN results showed thousands of students can't meet basic standards for literacy and numeracy.

AAP · Aug 13, 2024

Wealthy Exclusive Brethren schools net almost $30m in disadvantage payments

The sect bans most women from paid work and restricts university attendance, insiders claim, and this has an unexpected benefit for network of aligned schools

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9, 2024

Results to be released 'earlier than ever' in new-look NAPLAN

'This is the earliest in the history of NAPLAN.'

Newcastle Herald · Mar 11, 2024

Critical or troublesome? All you need to know about Naplan and its impact

The literacy and numeracy tests taken by students across Australia are both loved and loathed. So what are they, when are results released and should they continue?

The Guardian - AU · Mar 11, 2024