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Articles from Western Teacher
31 October 2024
Every member of every school community should feel safe, confident and able to engage in their learning or work.
31 October 2024
As public educators marked World Teachers’ Day last month, it was reminded that once again, teachers in Western Australia need more than thanks, they need full funding.
11 October 2024
Recently published research has found that some schools have manipulated their NAPLAN results by withdrawing low-performing students from the tests.
11 October 2024
Banning children under 16 from social media sounds like a seductive idea. For overwhelmed parents navigating their kids’ lives in a digital age, this move from the Australian government may seem like welcome relief. But evidence shows it’s highly unlikely bans will positively impact the youth mental health crisis in this country. Indeed, bans may make our children even more vulnerable online.
11 October 2024
Australian students are increasingly taking tests on computers. This includes major tests used to check national progress on literacy and numeracy.
11 October 2024
The latest Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Education at a Glance report shows that Australia significantly underperforms against most OECD countries when it comes to investing in public schools.
11 October 2024
We all know that early childhood is a critical time that lays the foundation for a child’s future development, wellbeing and learning.
10 October 2024
Math education outcomes in the United States have been unequal for decades. Learners in the top 10 per cent socioeconomically tend to be about four grade levels ahead of learners in the bottom 10 per cent – a statistic that has remained stubbornly persistent for 50 years.
6 September 2024
With the current buzz around artificial intelligence (AI), it would be easy to assume that it is a recent innovation. In fact, AI has been around in one form or another for more than 70 years. To understand the current generation of AI tools and where they might lead, it is helpful to understand how we got here.
6 September 2024
Many people believe teaching is an easy job involving short days and long holidays. Anyone working in the profession, however, will tell you this is not the truth.
6 September 2024
The recent media coverage of NAPLAN 2024 has supported the long held SSTUWA view that NAPLAN is not fit for purpose.
6 September 2024
Last month, Australia woke up to a barrage of reports about the latest NAPLAN results. Media coverage described an “epic fail”, “plummeting” performances and a “bleak picture”...But many of these analyses are misguided and unhelpful.
30 July 2024
Wear it Purple Day will be held on 30 August this year and unites LGBTQIA+ youth and allies to shine a light on the thousands of schools, community organisations, universities and workplaces that are coming together to create a more inclusive future.
30 July 2024
If you feel like you’re paying a lot for your child’s private school education, that’s because you probably are.
30 July 2024
In Facing the Facts, Dr Carmen Lawrence told us that teachers and school leaders feel undervalued, disrespected and insecure, that the sheer volume of work is exacerbated by growing complexity, that burnout must be addressed - and that more system support is needed.
28 May 2024
The more things change, the more (some) things stay the same.
28 May 2024
School leaders have reported high levels of resilience despite facing the worst recorded levels of physical violence, threats of violence and bullying in the 13-year history of the annual Australian Principal Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing Survey.
28 May 2024
Cranbrook in Sydney’s east is one of the most elite boys schools in Australia. In March, the ABC’s Four Corners program aired claims some female teachers had been bullied by male staff and sexually harassed by students.
28 May 2024
Public schools in Western Australia educate proportionally more than twice the number of students from low socio-educational advantage backgrounds, compared to private schools and 2.7 times the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
28 May 2024
The Australian Education Union (AEU) has urged the nation’s education ministers to make real progress on public school funding, with new research revealing the urgent need for the additional investment to lift results and combat debilitating teacher shortages and declining student and teacher wellbeing.