Scaling community programs the BackTrack way
How do you spread the impact of your program when it is rooted in your local community’s response to young people doing it tough? BackTrack has been finding out.
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Evidence for Learning’s rapid response to Covid-19
During the Covid-19 crisis’ impact on the Australian education system, Evidence for Learning (E4L) has been providing evidence-based advice to teachers to help deliver effective home supported learning.
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Aiming high – what it takes
What AIME Mentoring’s CEO, Jack Manning Bancroft can teach us about starting up a social purpose organisation and the philanthropy needed.+Video
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Tailoring for individual needs in school transitions
A case study about tailoring the universally-offered careers curriculum to meet the needs of individuals.
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Why STEM practices should be taught across the entire curriculum
If the Australian workforce is to be prepared for the future, science technology engineering and mathematics practices must be embedded across the entire curriculum. +Podcast
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Hard measures for soft skills
The OECD’s Dr Andreas Schleicher outlines the ‘21st century skills’ or general capabilities, why they matter and whether they can be measured. +Podcast
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Summer treats: staff picks 2016
SVA staff share a collection of articles, podcasts, books, videos and films touching on sector topics that have inspired them as they go about their work to address disadvantage.
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Networking for social purpose: what’s needed?
With networking increasingly important for achieving social change, we explore SVA’s successful model in education which points to the core elements needed to grow an effective network. + Podcast
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Learning to be more human
Global education consultant, Charles Leadbeater identifies four features of innovative schools essential to prepare students for our changing world. They centre around developing students’ humanity. + Podcast
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The importance of defining your endgame
A case study of South Port UnitingCare’s BOLT program shows why organisations should be asking what their endgame is, rather than how to scale.
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Systems that learn: creating an education evidence ecosystem
To get Australia’s children learning as well as any in the world, we need rigorous evidence of what works and why – accessible to every teacher, principal and policy-maker.
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A collective impact learning lab
Learning on the fly has been at the heart of the Burnie Works collective impact initiative. They’ve found that strategy emerges as you learn from what you do.
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Evidence informed practice needed to buck trends in education
Matthew Deeble emphasises why establishing a culture of evidence informed practice is critical in reversing the national decline in educational outcomes.
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Innovating with impact in education
Kevan Collins, CEO of the UK Education Endowment Foundation, describes the three ingredients of a system which supports ‘disciplined innovation’.
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Be better tomorrow – the AIME approach to caring for staff
In a sector dedicated to supporting others, how do we take care of the carers? For AIME supporting its staff is central to how it goes about helping to close the gap in Indigenous education.
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Spreading what works in education
How do you spread effective practice? SVA proposes a framework for educational and school leaders to spread what works through the education system.
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A beacon for school-community partnerships
For the Beacon Foundation community engagement at the local level ensures effectiveness and drives sustainability allowing Beacon to move on to new communities and schools.
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Goodstart: a story of impact investing
While the buy-up of bankrupt ABC Learning relied on a new finance mechanism, the bedrock of the Goodstart deal was the collaboration between disparate players.
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