Edited from report by Lisette Kaleveld, Catherine Bock and Rebekah Maycock-Sayce
Low motivation
PISA pie in the sky?
Students sitting PISA are failing to try their best which means the data delivered in the worldwide education standards test are compromised.
Ray Boyd (Principal, COVID Team), Rachael Lehr (doctoral student, Deputy Principal, West Beechboro Primary School), Dr Neil MacNeill (Ellenbrook Primary School)
Clean up Oz
Aussie schools needed to clean up
Young Australians and school communities accounted for more than 1 in 3 (38.8 per cent) of all Clean Up Australia Day volunteers in 2020.
Financial literacy needs to be compulsory
Businesswoman Marlies Hobbs says that education and financial experts should work together to develop a structured and progressive financial literacy education.