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Claire Shaw @clurshaw

Content manager for @THEBHF | Former edu journo for @ConversationEDU and @guardian

Joined March 2011
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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
15 Jun 2017
Check out our new series on whether progress is being made on #Indigenous #education theconversation.com/au/topic… via @ConversationEDU
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Learning Ground @LearningGround
8 Jun 2017
Are we making progress on Indigenous education? @ClurShaw @JamalBenHaddou_ & @therevmountain in the @ConversationEDU theconversation.com/infograp…

Infographic: Are we making progress on Indigenous education?

Indigenous students who graduate from university have slightly higher full-time employment prospects than their non-Indigenous peers.

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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
1 Sep 2016
Ireland has just become the latest country to make preschool programs available to all three year olds. theconversation.com/time-for… #education
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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
1 Sep 2016
Teacher education is set to become increasingly part-time and female-dominated in Australia theconversation.com/what-wil… #BetterTeachers

What will school education look like by 2020?

Teacher education is set to become increasingly part-time, female-dominated, with more teachers working outside their area of expertise.

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John Fischetti @fischettij
31 Aug 2016
Focusing on tests and invalid assessments is the wrong way to measure teacher quality theconversation.com/focusing… via @ConversationEDU

Focusing on tests and invalid assessments is the wrong way to measure teacher quality

There is little evidence that external inspections and evaluation measures produce better teachers.

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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
1 Sep 2016
Check out my new series via @TC_education on how to improve teacher #education in Australia theconversation.com/au/topic… #BetterTeachers
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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
31 May 2016
How do we improve #education in schools? @john_hattie has some answers -listen to this podcast via @ConversationEDU theconversation.com/speaking…

Speaking with: John Hattie on how to improve the quality of education in Australian schools

Maxine McKew speaks with education expert John Hattie about the kind of debates we really should be having around education.

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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
12 May 2016
Why unis should encourage students to enrol and vote in #ausvotes2016
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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
11 May 2016
One great policy idea for #education: What if children designed their own learning? theconversation.com/what-if-… via @ConversationEDU #ausvotes

What if young people designed their own learning?

Our education system fails to amplify students’ creativity and interest in learning. To continue along the current path is increasingly unscientific, unjustifiable and plain dull.

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#Election2016 is coming. Here’s what you need to know about various policy areas: theconversation.com/policy-p…
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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
9 May 2016
Student loan caps for VET courses are only a partial solution to a much bigger policy problem theconversation.com/student-… via @ConversationEDU

Student loan caps must be part of total redesign of vocational funding system

Loan caps are only a partial solution to a much bigger problem – declining public investment in VET and a dysfunctional VET financing system, which neither side of politics has been willing to...

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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
8 May 2016
There are many different pathways a young person might have to take to get a job theconversation.com/will-the…
Michelle Grattan's interview w/ the PM available later today here theconversation.com/au/podca… or itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/…
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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
5 May 2016
Uncapping fees for some degree courses is still an option for #highered theconversation.com/higher-e… via @ConversationEDU #budget2016

Higher education in policy paralysis after Budget 2016 – what now?

While the government finally ruled out full fee deregulation in its 2016 budget, it is still contemplating uncapping fees for some degree courses. Here’s what else is being discussed.

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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
4 May 2016
#Budget2016 brings temporary solutions for schools, and puts more demands on students and teachers theconversation.com/budget-2…

Budget 2016 brings temporary solutions for schools, and puts more demands on students and teachers

Research shows linking teachers’ pay to performance has little impact on student achievement. Similar tests to the ones the government proposes for young children now face a backlash in the UK and US.

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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
4 May 2016
Higher education in policy paralysis after Budget 2016 – what now? theconversation.com/higher-e… via @ConversationEDU

Higher education in policy paralysis after Budget 2016 – what now?

While the government finally ruled out full fee deregulation in its 2016 budget, it is still contemplating uncapping fees for some degree courses. Here’s what else is being discussed.

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Innovative Research Universities (IRU) @IRUAustralia
4 May 2016
Read @conorkingIRU's overview in @ConversationEDU of #highered #Budget2016 #auspol x.com/clurshaw/status/727647…

Claire Shaw @clurshaw
3 May 2016
Catch up on what was said around education in last night's #budget2016 theconversation.com/federal-… via @ConversationEDU
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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
3 May 2016
Catch up on what was said around education in last night's #budget2016 theconversation.com/federal-… via @ConversationEDU

Federal budget 2016: education experts react

While schools receive an extra $1.2 billion in funding for 2018-20, reforms for higher education are delayed by a further year.

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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
3 May 2016
Federal budget 2016: education experts react theconversation.com/federal-… via @ConversationEDU

Federal budget 2016: education experts react

While schools receive an extra $1.2 billion in funding for 2018-20, reforms for higher education are delayed by a further year.

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Claire Shaw @clurshaw
28 Apr 2016
Federal election 2016: what's on the table for schools? theconversation.com/federal-… via @ConversationEDU #education

Federal election 2016: what’s on the table for schools?

While Labor’s policy proposals for schools are all mapped out, the Coalition has yet to specify its plans for education.

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