The New South Wales (NSW) education curriculum for Years 3 to 10 will be undergoing major changes as policymakers attempt to address the issue of deteriorating performance. The draft curriculum, which was published on Friday for consultation, proposes the shift back towards rote learning in maths and places greater emphasis on writing skills. This builds…

The Australian mining industry is concerned that the newly proposed curriculum poses a risk to the prosperity and future success of the workforce. The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) is calling on the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to strengthen the curriculum of STEM subjects. “The minerals industry needs the best and brightest…

Most Australians do not support the presence of Identity Politics in classrooms, a poll reveals, as concerns grow the newly proposed national curriculum will inject critical race theory into schools. The Critical Race Theory Poll (pdf), commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), asked 1121 Australians four questions and found 82 percent disagree with…

The Australian national curriculum draft continues to attract criticism for its changes to history and civics, which has removed references to Australia’s democratic and Christian heritage and increased the amount of content relating to the perspectives of Aboriginal Australians. Jacinta Collins, the executive director of the National Catholic Education, said the Catholic sector supported the review’s…