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Following this article in the Sydney Morning Herald, the ACDE released this media release: 6 January 2018 The universities that educate Australia’s future teachers understand Tanya Plibersek’s [...]

The Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE) has re-elected Professor Tania Aspland, Dean of Education Policy and Strategy at Australian Catholic University,as ACDE President for another [...]

Teachers are NOT under-qualified and NOT under-educated: here’s what is really happening   By Nan Bahr and Donna Pendergast and Jo-Anne Ferreira Australian teachers are doing well. They are [...]

Update: Excellent interview with Professor Aspland on ABC Triple J’s The Hack. The story starts at 9.47, Professor Aspland is on at 15.11. Education Deans Rebut Ongoing Assault on Teaching [...]

In The Conversation today, ACDE debates the setting of minimum ATARs as proposed by the Shadow Education Minister, Tanya Plibersek. Professor Aspland says: We all want to attract and retain the [...]

The Australian Council of Deans of Education(ACDE) welcomes the appointment of The Honourable Dan Tehan as Minister for Education and looks forward to working in collaboration with his fresh [...]

13 August 2018 The Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE) is disturbed by recent media reports that focus on extreme low ATAR entrance scores for teacher education and, in doing so, [...]

Daniel Steele, a primary school educator with a masters degree in Educational Leadership, gives an excellent overview of what really goes on during one school day. Read the story on the ABC [...]

The use of evidence to improve teaching quality is central to the federal government’s teacher education reforms. But less than 2% of Australian Research Council (ARC) grants fund educational [...]