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Why Australian Schools Are So Bloody Expensive

Australian parents are trapped in an education affordability crisis that’s spiraling out of control.

Jun 25

Why Australian Schools Are So Bloody Expensive

Jun 25

Train the monkey first! Why your approach to learning probably sucks

There’s a classic problem-solving parable from Astro Teller at Google X that perfectly captures why so many students work incredibly hard…

Oct 26

Train the monkey first! Why your approach to learning probably sucks

Oct 26

Small classes: an effective investment or an expensive illusion?

Billions have been spent shrinking class sizes in NSW. The evidence suggests the learning payoff is far smaller than the price tag.

Aug 21

Small classes: an effective investment or an expensive illusion?

Aug 21

Sydney high schools — which will help your child the most academically?

Part 2: Educational value add: making the most of the students you have

Nov 5, 2020

Sydney high schools — which will help your child the most academically?

Nov 5, 2020

Sydney high schools — which will help your child the most academically?

Part 1: The role of socio-education advantage and HSC performance

Oct 30, 2020

Sydney high schools — which will help your child the most academically?

Oct 30, 2020

Australia it is time we expected a little more from our students

There are good reasons why we have minimum standards in many endeavours. It is time schools followed suit.

May 18, 2020

Australia it is time we expected a little more from our students

May 18, 2020

Not everything needs to be a learning moment; Sometimes engagement is enough.

The difference between presenting, engagement and learning.

Apr 27, 2020

Not everything needs to be a learning moment; Sometimes engagement is enough.

Apr 27, 2020

An extra $15b was spent on government schools in the last decade — where did the money go?

Funding for government schools has increased substantially over the last decade. School funding is a contentious issue that many people…

Feb 3, 2020

An extra $15b was spent on government schools in the last decade — where did the money go?

Feb 3, 2020

4 mindsets to improve learning for your children

I gave a talk recently at Woollahra Library titled How to transition your child into high school. As part of that talk I spoke about 4…

Sep 21, 2019

4 mindsets to improve learning for your children

Sep 21, 2019

What we learned from the first group trial of adapptED

TL:DR →We’re all busy, I get it. Here’s the summary of what happened

Aug 14, 2019

Performance scores between pre-test and post-test. Students on average improved by 8%.

Aug 14, 2019

Jesse Whelan

Jesse Whelan

EdTech entrepreneur, passionate about improving education impact through tech and research-driving practice. Former consultant and engineer. Harvard MBA.

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