The Educator Weekend Wrap: Education Awards announced, robot marking scrapped & private school cuts

The Educator Weekend Wrap: Education Awards announced, robot marking scrapped & private school cuts
This week’s top story: The Educator announced the inaugural Australian Education Awards will be held at Dockside, Sydney this August. Read more here.

In other news: The controversial plan to have English tasks marked by computers has been scrapped by state and territory leaders. Read more here.

Finally: State and territory governments have cut funding for private schools for the first time in at least 10 years, an analysis by the Productivity Commission revealed. Read more here.


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