ACT teachers are "under-staffed, under-resourced, and under-appreciated", according to an Australian Education Union ACT survey of 1,800 teachers and principals published this week.
Re: Nick Fuller’s article ‘Liberals give ACT Government a failing school report’ (CW 24 June 2021, p18): I agree the independent systemic review of the ACT education system is not only needed but long overdue.
The 2021 InTEACT (Information Technology Educators ACT) Educator of the Year Award recipient is Mrs Bridgid Sutton, a Science and Digital Technologies Teacher at St Clare’s College, Canberra.
ACT schools rely too much on student-directed learning, without establishing the basics, claims the Canberra Liberals’ report, Bringing out the best in every child: An Education strategy for the ACT.
In his article “Parents voting with their feet on school failings” (Canberra Daily, 10 June 2021, p.12) Gary Humphries refers to parents of students attending public schools as “insiders”. As one of those “insiders”, I find his article simplistic and misleading.
That the ACT has a crisis in its health system is pretty much an accepted fact of life these days. What is generally less well-known – except among certain insiders – is that our ACT education system is just about as bad.
Researchers from the University of Canberra are seeking volunteers for a free clinical trial involving a new natural head lice treatment in school-aged children across the ACT.
The project began after Associate Professor...
