A rational analysis of the housing issue.
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Very much a contested notion these days.
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Headline should read’LNP tries to outflank One Nation on immigration’but no @PhillipCoorey you typically play the anti Labor card as your AFR constituency expect. Lazy and unethical.
Coalition undercuts Labor with smaller migration target afr.com/politics/federal/coa…
A very fair question…
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Has the ABC learned from the Lattouf scandal or is it just that no powerful lobby group is demanding Latina M Bourke’s sacking for partisan insulting of the PM?
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The effective use of formative assessment has proven to be one of the most impactful classroom actions. This article presents eight practical and proven formative checks for student understanding. jaymctighe.com/wp-content/up…
An extraordinary period in minority government where every piece had to be bargained with independents. Team led by Albo. So much more achieved than the Abbott or Morrison govts.
Trying to out ON ON. Fighting over the 30% constituency of the right wing.
Narrow and regress education even further. Back to the 1950’s…
smh.com.au/politics/federal/…
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NEW The beautiful lie of coursework
Coursework is back, apparently. On the surface it may look fair, humane and authentic but it isn’t. Cwk rewards outside help, invites bias, spreads stress and dumps more work on teachers. Seven reasons why exams remain the least-worst option.
daviddidau.substack.com/p/th…
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Absolutely blown away by the Daryll Cullinan piece on Cricinfo -- one of the best I've read.
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Bill Belichick, Jim Tressel, and countless championship coaches all read the same book.
It's not a sports book - it's a business book.
It explains why some teams become great while others stay good.
Here are 6 principles from "Good to Great" that all leaders should know:🧵
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I've written two articles on classroom formative assessment for the Victoria Department of Education's Spotlight series. Find them here:
Classroom questioning as powerful assessment: bit.ly/4x3c7zL
Beyond raised hands: Hearing from every student: bit.ly/4xBIJjS
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Oxford University Press ANZ has launched Classroom Management: The Foundation for Learning, led by Dr Tim McDonald.
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The irony of @smh bleating about the narrow achievement focus of school rankings! They’ve created this discourse and now oppose it?
Growth over time should be the focus. Then we’d see the truth of school improvement. Bright kids do well. No kidding..
smh.com.au/national/nsw/hidd…
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We all have the power to make someone’s day a little brighter. A thoughtful message, a helping hand or a moment of real listening make a bigger difference than we realise. And caring for others does us good too 💞
actionforhappiness.org/altru… #AltruisticAugust
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In a reaction to a Dutch educational publisher’s ‘bucket list’ for teachers that amounted to changing almost everything in the classroom, my friend and colleague @VerbrugghenGert made a better list and then let ChatGPT remake it in English for me (and you).
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More great news on housing:
The supply side is responding nicely to the policy settings put in place that are designed to boost dwelling supply. The number of new dwelling building approvals (trend) is up a tubthumping 39% since the Feb 2024.
And isn't it nice to see policy working?
Policy is boosting new supply; it is reducing housing demand & the fact that house prices are falling when household incomes growth is rising and interest rates are flat, suggests a huge change in affordability.
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