Lobel, McLeod & Jackson, The Age, 1 Sept 2021. Nelson Mandela said you can judge a society by how it treats children. America’s Joe Biden has committed $US450 billion to children in the crucial early years. The future will being to countries that invest in early learning, but Australia is a long way behind.
The Guardian, 9 Oct 2021. Michael Rosen (poet, author, performer, parent, Ph.D. in education) has written to the new Education Secretary in the UK, asking why the last decade of synthetic phonics hasn’t improved reading in England. An important letter for Australian teachers to consider, given the push (largely by non-educators) for synthetic phonics in Australia.
Trevor Cobbold, SOS Australia, 13 Oct 2021. 700 private schools, including many of the most exclusive private schools, raked in $750 million despite many running surpluses of millions. It is icing on the cake of the billions in over-funding provided under Morrison’s special deals for private schools. Public schools were NOT ELIGIBLE.
Are you using the wonderful resources available on the READING AUSTRALIA website? Reading Australia is an initiative of the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. The resources are written by teachers for teachers, making it easy to introduce Australian literature in your classroom. Highly recommended.
Pasi Sahlberg, The Guardian, 11 Oct 2021. When teachers are trusted, and a culture of professional collaboration exists, we see an improvement in educational performance. (Education systems that treat teachers as trusted professionals adjusted better to pandemic disruption.)
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