Reimagining education

Five years ago, two schools and a preschool amalgamated in one of South Australia’s most disadvantaged areas. To make it work, the school’s innovation team leaders have changed the face of learning. By Camille Howard. Continue Reading →

Commission of Audit report: Australians weigh in

Twitter nearly broke today when the much-anticipated Commissioner of Audit report was released. Unfortunately there’s not much to celebrate for families, pensioners, the disadvantaged, students and the sick. Big business has more reason to smile, though.  Continue Reading →

Meaning of memes

They are clever, concise and have a popularity that enables them to spread like a virus (some even involve felines), and memes offer a great way to make a statement. Continue Reading →

Another great year!

Season’s greetings and best wishes for the New Year from the ARMEDIA team. 

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Where in the world is Tony Abbott?

We’ve been playing a little game in the office called Where in the World is Tony Abbott? It’s a little bit like the geography game played as children—Where in the World is Carmen San Diego—but far less educational, instructive and, well, productive. Continue Reading →

Happy 35th birthday CCCC: inside the smart party

ARMEDIA was lucky to be invited to the 35th birthday celebrations for our friends at Community Child Care Co-operative (NSW). Continue Reading →

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Kate Ellis and Adrian Piccoli discuss Early Childhood Education and Care

Rattler had a front-row seat as more than 200 members turned out at the Sydney Masonic Centre to hear Kate Ellis, Minister for Early Childhood and Childcare, and Adrian Piccoli, NSW Minister for Education, tackle the sector’s hottest topics.

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Asylum seekers – the sad state of affairs

The site of Senators Kate Lundy and George Brandis slugging it out on Monday night’s episode of Q&A on ABC Television pretty much summed up the sad state of affairs in the national political debate on asylum seekers – lots of talk, argument, grandstanding, pontificating, blame, but not much listening.

This, of course, is not an issue that is going to go away quickly, and there are no easy solutions for the ALP, politically speaking.

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Australia’s youngest prisoners

Last year, Australia marked the 20-year anniversary of the adoption of the Convention of the Rights of the Child but with 1,048* children currently in immigration detention, there is little to celebrate. Ingrid Maack reports.

Australians watched in horror last December as we saw televised images of a boatload of refugees swept into the sea off Christmas Island.

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Equal pay for teachers please!

When it comes to pay packets, not all teachers are equal. Suzanne Kowalski-Roth from the NSW/ACT Independent Education Union (IEU), explores this much-needed campaign, and outlines why pay parity needn’t be a utopian daydream.

In a utopian Australia, young children would be valued by our society, and the role of early childhood teachers in nurturing and educating children would be truly understood, articulated and affirmed.

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