‘Shockingly poor’:How Australia’s curriculum fails students

‘Shockingly poor’:How Australia’s curriculum fails students

The nation’s school science curriculum sets students up for failure against top-performing countries. And Victoria’s is even worse.

  • byRobyn Grace andLucy Carroll

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Experts wanted to declutter the curriculum. Art teachers say they ripped the guts out of it

Experts wanted to declutter the curriculum. Art teachers say they ripped the guts out of it

A new draft high school visual arts curriculum has relegated painting to a single footnote and drawing is no longer mandatory – and teachers say it is “disappointingly reductive”.

  • byChristopher Harris
‘Rushed’ curriculum reforms axed,teachers told to focus on English,maths
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‘Rushed’ curriculum reforms axed,teachers told to focus on English,maths

The NSW government has delayed planned changes for multiple subjects to allow teachers to focus on “core learning”.

  • byLucy Carroll
The changes coming to the new primary school curriculum this week

The changes coming to the new primary school curriculum this week

Almost 65,000 kindergarten students will start at NSW public schools this week,learning a new curriculum that focuses on phonics to learn to read.

  • byLucy Carroll andMary Ward
‘Incredibly loose’:The real problem with Australia’s school curriculum
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‘Incredibly loose’:The real problem with Australia’s school curriculum

Australians love a curriculum debate but there’s one element that everyone ignores,at a significant cost to students,experts say.

  • byJordan Baker
English teachers told to focus on grammar,punctuation as writing declines

English teachers told to focus on grammar,punctuation as writing declines

English teachers will have to teach grammar and punctuation under a draft syllabus,but some are not happy.

  • byJordan Baker
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National curriculum wars important to ensure the best outcome for kids:ACARA boss

National curriculum wars important to ensure the best outcome for kids:ACARA boss

The culture wars and political tensions over the national curriculum show society cares about what children are taught,the chief of the independent curriculum authority says.

  • byLisa Visentin
Christian and Western heritage elevated in revised national curriculum
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Christian and Western heritage elevated in revised national curriculum

A new draft removes references to the Anzac legend as ‘contested’,cements the importance of physics and reverses controversial changes to maths.

  • byJordan Baker
Sum of all fears:Why Australia’s maths problem is getting worse

Sum of all fears:Why Australia’s maths problem is getting worse

A maths war is erupting as traditionalists and progressives argue about what students should know,and the best way to teach them.

  • byJordan Baker
‘Confused and confusing’:Maths experts say curriculum is faddish and shallow

‘Confused and confusing’:Maths experts say curriculum is faddish and shallow

Dozens of mathematicians and maths teachers have written to the national curriculum authority,concerned that changes to the maths curriculum will mean “students end up knowing less”.

  • byJordan Baker andSarah McPhee
Students must learn about Western heritage to defend democracy:Tudge

Students must learn about Western heritage to defend democracy:Tudge

Education Minister Alan Tudge declared the school funding wars over and said it was time to talk about teaching and standards.

  • byJordan Baker