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Forget about Maths experts, Australian schools need well-supported teachers

July 26, 2017December 11, 2017Oxford Australia Leave a comment

By Brian Murray Hardly a year seems to pass by without some survey or other exposing a slip in numeracy standards in Australian schools. In late 2016, Education Minister, Simon Birmingham, said he was “embarrassed for Australia” because of the way Year 4 students had fallen behind other countries in Maths. Bodies such as the […]

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