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Dr Squirrel Main

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Dr Squirrel Main is a post-doctoral Research Fellow in education policy and evaluation, with a PhD from the University of Auckland that focussed on teacher support systems in low socio-economic schools and Masters in Education Policy from Stanford University in the USA. Her professional experience includes research roles for education policy and evaluation projects, a course instructor in kayaking, sailing, climbing and navigation for Outward Bound and a teacher. Squirrel is currently completing a Masters of Journalism at the University of Melbourne.

NAPLAN doesn’t cut it

A new Parliamentary report on NAPLAN takes a long, hard look at the controversial… Read more


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