Jordana Hunter
Dr Jordana Hunter is the education program director at the Grattan Institute.
- Opinion
- Primary school
A great leap forward for school children (as long as we don’t forget their teachers)
The overhaul of the NSW primary school syllabus should benefit 800,000 students, but we must teach their teachers how to implement it.
- Jordana Hunter and Nick Parkinson
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- Opinion
- Education
Enough talk – it’s time to revamp the way our schools work
Australia needs to radically rethink how our schools are organised, how the teacher workforce is developed and supported, and how the learning challenges students face are confronted quickly and effectively.
- Jordana Hunter
- Opinion
- Education
High-salary, key teaching roles must be part of education reform
Australia’s best teachers are under-utilised, and efforts to identify, encourage and reward them do not go far enough.
- Jordana Hunter
- Opinion
- Teaching
How to boost the status – and quality – of teaching
Simply saying that teaching is valued, without demonstrating that teaching is a profession where deep levels of expertise are both necessary and rewarded, is unlikely to fool anyone.
- Jordana Hunter
- Opinion
- Education
Reform urgently needed to help teachers do their job
If we want our children to succeed at school, we need to support our teachers to succeed in their jobs.
- Jordana Hunter
- Opinion
- Schools
Back-to-school plan strikes a sensible balance, but it won’t be easy
The government is right to make getting children back to school a top priority. But keeping schools open won’t be easy.
- Jordana Hunter and Stephen Duckett
- Opinion
- NAPLAN
Mind the gap: what we should do about NAPLAN’s worrying report card
Closing learning gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students must remain the top priority for Australian educators. There are three things we should focus on.
- Jordana Hunter and Owain Emslie