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Noel Towell

Noel Towell

Noel Towell is Education Editor for The Age

Brooke Adair, with daughter Olivia, says school families need more support for their neurodivergent children.

School starters to be observed for autism, ADHD checks under Liberal plan

Liberal education spokesman Brad Rowswell announced a $156 million policy pledge at The Age Schools Summit, promising a new deal for families of neurodivergent children.

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Andrew Smith, CEO Victorian Curriculum

The curriculum changes coming for Victorian prep students from next year

Victoria’s curriculum is ahead of many other states in moving away from a “standardised industrial model”. But experts say there is still more work to be done.

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Victorian Institute of Teaching chief executive Martin Fletcher wants a reimagined teaching register.

Teaching watchdog pushes for medical-style transparency on teacher misconduct

The Victorian Institute of Teaching chief wants greater transparency on the register of educators, but a parents’ group says proceed with caution.

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A fresh battle is looming over the nation’s approach to educating its children.

The reading wars are over. The learning wars are just beginning

Rebel educators have issued a call to arms against “one-size-fits-all nonsense” of explicit learning in the nation’s classrooms.

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The state government is being criticised for its schools funding.

School workers say flat no to teacher pay deal

Hundreds of education support workers have rejected the state government pay offer, while school nurses are also seeking a better deal.

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New Zealand teachers are helping fill the gaps in Victorian schools as homegrown teachers flock to jobs interstate.

As Victorian teachers flock interstate, Kiwis are filling the education gap

As state-educated teachers undertake a mass exodus interstate, a flood of New Zealand educators is cushioning the blow.

  • Grant McArthur and Noel Towell
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The APS football competition.

Private school sports betting site reported to gambling regulators

The website encourages gambling on sporting clashes between 11 of Victoria’s most expensive schools in football, rugby and soccer.

  • Nicole Precel and Noel Towell
Port Melbourne Primary School prep students Brooklyn, Chloe, Felix and Gonzalo use an explicit instruction approach to learning to read with principal Tom Cain.

This style of teaching gets results, say governments. But resistance to it is growing

The state government says its evidence-based reforms to classroom teaching are a winner, but critics are getting more vocal and organised.

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Cecilia Xu, with her mother, Helen He.

Cecilia got into six top US universities. This is how she did it

A Melbourne student who is off to Harvard this year shares her tips for snaring a spot at the world’s top unis.

  • Nicole Precel and Noel Towell
An expert wants to banish the A’s, B’s and C’s.

Failing grades: Why this expert wants to banish the A’s, B’s and C’s

Grading schoolchildren with A’s, B’s and C’s is an outdated concept and needs to go, says a leading international schools expert.

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