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Dr Gosia Klatt was interviewed on Polsat News (24-hour Polish national news television channel) about Australian schools dealing with online learning, access to technology as well as the legacy of distance education in Australia.
Professor Yong Zhao’s blog post was adapted by Teachers College Press in ‘Watch for Side Effects: Important Questions to Ask about Going Online Amid Covid-19’ – 20 April 2020
Professor Jim Watterston in ‘School’s out: Meet the family of nine bracing for online learning as term two looms’ – SBS’s The Feed 22 April, 2020
Associate Professor Peggy Kern co-wrote the comment piece ‘Damning stat shows how Australian kids struggle’ – The Age and associated Nine Newspapers – 27 April 2020
Professor Sandra Milligan in ‘Lessons in learning’ – Western Independent (Student publication from Curtin University), 27 April 2020
Professor Janet Clinton and her report ‘Supporting Vulnerable Children in the Face of Pandemic’ received widespread media coverage. Professor Clinton, her research and the Melbourne Graduate School of Education were quoted or mentioned in the following publications:
- ‘Students at risk of losing weeks of learning from going online’ in The Sydney Morning Herald and associated Nine Newspapers – 27 April 2020
- ‘Home schooling sets children back’ in The Australian – 28 April 2020
- ‘Disadvantaged children hit harder by school disruption’ in 7news.com.au – 28 April 2020
- ‘Students from 'disadvantaged' homes face more setbacks learning from home’ – 9News.com.au 28 April 2020
- ‘Poorer kids worse off with online learning’ – The Newcastle Herald 28 April 2020 (This story was reproduced and republished throughout the Australian Community Media [ACM] Newspaper network)
- ‘Remote learning could leave vulnerable students behind, studies find’ – ABC ‘AM’ 28 April 2020
- ‘Five reports on remote learning find vulnerable students could fall six weeks behind due to COVID-19-related measures’ – ABC News Online 28 April 2020
This was subsequently republished by MSN news – 28 April 2020 and in The New Daily – 28 April 2020
- ‘Two million Australian students at risk of falling behind due to remote learning’ – SBS News Online, 28 April 2020
- In The Monthly Today daily blog ‘Shock Treatment’ – The Monthly, 28 April 2020
- WIN News Queensland 6pm nightly news bulletin (Townsville and Toowoomba bulletins) – 29 April 2020
- The Australian’s editorial ‘Getting back to school will help vulnerable kids most’ – 30 April 2020
- ‘Teachers fear students are falling behind’ in The Age and associated Nine Newspapers – 30 April 2020
Professor Vin Massaro wrote ‘Far-reaching reform of the funding model must begin now’ in The Australian, 28 April, 2020
Professor Lea Waters wrote ‘What's your emotional style? How your responses can help children navigate this crisis’ – The Guardian, 29 April 2020
- Republished in LifeHacker Australia – 2 May 2020
Professor Jim Watterston in ‘Students doing online learning will fall behind peers in other states’ – The Sydney Morning Herald and associated Nine Newspapers – 29 April 2020
Natasha Ziebell, Daniela Acquaro, WeeTiong Seah and Cath Pearn’s survey was mentioned in Campus Morning Mail – ‘Asking what’s working on-line’ – 1 May 2020
Professor Lindsay Oades and the Talking Teaching podcast mentioned in ‘Fires then COVID-19: The struggle to cope with 2020's disasters’ – The Canberra Times and the ACM newspaper network
Professor John Hattie in ‘Parents ponder repeating their children after pandemic disruption’ – The Sunday Age and other associated Nine Newspapers – 3 May, 2020
Professor Lea Waters in ‘The secrets of secrets revealed by psychologist’ on ABC Radio Melbourne (Weekend Mornings with Libbi Gorr) – 3 May, 2020
Dr Nicky Dulfer in ‘School captain injects humour into student notices online during coronavirus lockdown’ – ABC Gippsland / ABC News Online – 4 May 2020
- Republished by MSN – 4 May 2020
Professor Barry McGaw in Indooroopilly State High’s most outstanding graduates – The Courier Mail, 4 May, 2020
Dr Gwilym Croucher and Dr James Waghorne co-wrote ‘Universities have gone from being a place of privilege to a competitive market. What will they be after coronavirus?’ in The Conversation – 6 May, 2020