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Despite improvements to early education, more children are starting school developmentally behind. What’s going on?

An Australian study suggests early education is not making as much of a difference as it should when it comes to young children’s development and...

Sally Larsen

If the results are disappointing, try not to catastrophise them. For one thing, NAPLAN was done about four months ago – students will have made...

The shape of Australia’s school system is undergoing a significant change. Enrolments in independent schools are growing, while fewer students are...

On Wednesday, Australia woke up to a barrage of reports about the latest NAPLAN results. Media coverage described an “epic fail”, “plummeting”...