A new report released by the Grattan Institute has analysed Australian students' declining maths results. The report blames "faddish and inconsistent" teaching practices and found teacher confidence ...

The latest NAPLAN test results showed that one in three Australian students fell short of the proficiency benchmark in maths. In the 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment survey, 40 per ...

Over the next five years, as many as 1,000 college students will be asked to grapple with the original writings of mathematicians like Euclid and Archimedes in a project that many experts say has good ...

SPECIALIST mathematics and science teachers would work in the nation's primary schools in a "game-changing" plan to raise standards. Experts warn Australia won't meet its 2025 goal of ranking among ...

“Australia has accepted maths mediocrity for far too long now and the problem starts in primary school,” says Jordana Hunter, education program director at the Grattan Institute. “We’ve significantly ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Templestowe Heights Primary School principal Rhys Coulson’s motivation to overhaul the way his school taught maths came from his son. “I ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia has been too slow to rule out “faddish but unproven” maths teaching methods in schools despite persistent underperformance and ...

Karen Wilding - NCETM accredited trainer, published author and conference speaker with more than 20 years’ experience as a teacher, senior leader and advisor Bryn Llewellyn - Educational consultant ...

In an official acknowledgment of flaws in lesson content, the maths curriculum for kindergarten to Year 2 will be rewritten over the school holidays, following complaints from teachers that it is too ...

David Seymour suggested Labour's Willow-Jean Prime was considering a new job as an actor, during a session on the new primary school English and maths curriculums.