Violence,anxiety in students as young as 5:Marks of the COVID generation

Violence,anxiety in students as young as 5:Marks of the COVID generation

In part two of this series,experts discuss reports of students struggling and teachers being physically attacked in the aftermath of school closures during the pandemic.

  • byJordan Baker andLucy Carroll

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The COVID Generation

The COVID Generation

The government ordered the shutdown of schools during COVID,disrupting the social and educational progress of children. The impacts are profound and ongoing.

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Why we need more than a few good men in our classrooms
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Why we need more than a few good men in our classrooms

Men are increasingly becoming hard to find in Queensland classrooms. But some schools are attracting the lion’s share.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
‘We made the wrong decisions’:COVID-era mass school closures condemned

‘We made the wrong decisions’:COVID-era mass school closures condemned

Closing Sydney’s schools was one of the biggest – and most controversial – calls made during the pandemic. But was it really necessary?

  • byJordan Baker andLucy Carroll
Some administrations are full of it
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Some administrations are full of it

And some wordsmiths are full of beans.

Tackle teachers’ workloads but leave lesson planning to the experts
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Tackle teachers’ workloads but leave lesson planning to the experts

Stripping tasks like lesson planning from teachers risks chipping away at work that teachers highly value and are experts in.

  • byMihajla Gavin andMeghan Stacey
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‘Perfect storm’ of teacher shortages hits English,maths,special needs
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‘Perfect storm’ of teacher shortages hits English,maths,special needs

Some NSW schools struggled to fill up to 40 teacher vacancies last year in subjects including English,maths,science,PDHPE and technology.

  • byLucy Carroll andNigel Gladstone
Do you have a larger vocabulary than a school student? Take the quiz

Do you have a larger vocabulary than a school student? Take the quiz

More students have stunted vocabularies,failing to score more than 50 per cent in NAPLAN tests. Are you any better?

  • byChristopher Harris
Teachers work hard. They deserve better than your tacky novelty mug
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Teachers work hard. They deserve better than your tacky novelty mug

It’s the most wonderful time of the year - unless you work in education and are about to receive piles upon piles of useless gifts from well-meaning parents.

  • byShona Hendley
Deputy principals and senior teachers told to get back in the classroom

Deputy principals and senior teachers told to get back in the classroom

Thousands of public school deputy principals will be told to spend more time teaching under a radical plan to plug widespread staff shortages across the state.

  • byLucy Carroll
Nothing fishy about this great temptation
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Nothing fishy about this great temptation

Even better than Yellow Death.