Few high achievers become teachers in Australia. A 2019 study conducted by Grattan Institute paints a bleak picture. (Note: ATAR, which stands for Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, is the undergraduate degree entry score for secondary school students; an ATAR of 80 means your score is better than 80% of the students in your state) In … Continue reading Attracting High Achievers to Australia’s Teaching Workforce
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Utopia School
Schooling has become counter-intuitive. Everyone seems to agree that each student has unique interests, needs, and learning style, yet the ‘system’ puts them into age-defined year levels and classes and prescribe them the same curriculum. In any lesson, the teacher gives the same instruction to dozens of students, but the chances of that instruction being … Continue reading Utopia School
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