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Why the NAPLAN results delay is a storm in a teacup

  • Written by: Jim Tognolini, Director, Educational Measurement and Assessment Hub, University of Sydney
Why the NAPLAN results delay is a storm in a teacupThis year's preliminary release of NAPLAN data was due out August 8.www.shutterstock.com

NAPLAN has caused much controversy this year, as has become customary. With the test in its tenth year, the New South Wales government called for it to be scrapped and there were calls for a review after a report found no change in results in a decade. In June a...

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Facebook is all for community, but what kind of community is it building?

  • Written by: Jennifer Beckett, Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Melbourne
Facebook is all for community, but what kind of community is it building?Photo by Andrew Seaman on Unsplash

There are many of us who stand for bringing people together and connecting the world. I hope we have the focus to take the long view and build the new social infrastructure to create the world we want for generations to come.

– Mark Zuckerburg, Facebook Post

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks a good game about...

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Belarus Free Theatre's Generation Jeans resonates

  • Written by: Sandra D'urso, Researcher, The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne
Belarus Free Theatre's Generation Jeans resonatesNicolai Khalezin in Generation Jeans. Jan Boeve

Review: Generation Jeans in Melbourne.

With two of their founding members in exile, it is little wonder that The Belarus Free theatre create provocative theatrical works that blend the grammar of political action with artistic form. Their production, Generation Jeans, first performed underground in...

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Turnbull’s Newspoll ratings slump; Labor leads in Victoria; Longman preferences helped LNP

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Turnbull’s Newspoll ratings slump; Labor leads in Victoria; Longman preferences helped LNPIn this week's Newspoll, 36% (down six) were satisfied with Turnbull's performance, while 55% (up seven) were dissatisfied.AAP/Richard Wainwright

This week’s Newspoll, conducted August 9-12 from a sample of 1,607, gave Labor a 51-49 lead, unchanged on last fortnight. Primary votes were 37% Coalition (down two), 35% Labor (down one), 10%...

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