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NAPLAN data and school funding: a dangerous link

  • Written by The Conversation
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced he is considering linking school funding to NAPLAN (National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy) data.

At face value this might seem like an obvious way of improving literacy and numeracy outcomes. However, the challenges a model such as this would create are as complex and...

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I WANT MY iPAD! Are our kids getting addicted to technology?

  • Written by The Conversation
imageI need it NOW!Bethany Petrik/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Are toddlers really becoming addicted to technology? There’s certainly a lot of media hype to suggest that they are. And there’s no question the footage of small children breaking down when their tablet is taken away is unsettling:

A montage of technology-induced tantrums.

Footage such as...

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