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Picture book wins coveted national award

December 05, 2020

Federation member Jasmine Seymour can now add award-winning illustrator to her list of achievements, after being crowned Best New Illustrator by the Children’s Book Council of Australia.

NAIDOC Week 2020

November 09, 2020

This year’s NAIDOC Week theme is “Always Was, Always Will Be” and will be marked from 8 to 15 November after being postponed from its customary July slot in the interests of safety during COVID 19.

Improved public school provision for Aboriginal students needed to break cycle of disadvantage

October 28, 2020

Doubling the number of permanent teachers and halving face-to-face teaching time in difficult to staff schools and communities will help close achievement student gaps and improve the prospects of attracting teachers to work, the Gallop Inquiry has been told.

Steadfast support for closing the gap

September 01, 2020

In Australia, one person is born every one minute and 44 seconds — and based on current trends, two-thirds of those will attend public schools.

Your say: Learn from our First Peoples

August 26, 2020

This is an appeal to good Australians; people with good hearts and open minds who want a better future for our children and grandchildren.

From the Heart: What you can do

August 22, 2020

The Uluru Statement from the Heart is a profound call from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples for constitutional change and structural reform in their relationship with Australia

Investment needed to avoid Closing the Gap failures

August 09, 2020

Education is at the centre of three of the 16 new targets for the National Agreement for Closing the Gap, announced by the Morrison Government.

Indigenous COVID-19 resource

August 06, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic increased concerns about the disruption to Aboriginal students’ studies, Indigenous educators developed an online resource for teachers to help re-engage Aboriginal students with school.

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