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Gabbie Stroud

Gabbie Stroud

Gabbie Stroud is a writer, speaker and former teacher from NSW. This is an extract from her latest book, Dear Parents (Allen & Unwin, 2020). Her previous publication was Teacher: One Woman’s Struggle to Keep the Heart in Teaching. See more of her work at gabbiestroud.com.

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Don’t kill the magic: the perils of NAPLAN

  • 15 Jun 2020

Former teacher and public education advocate GABBIE STROUD on why the competitive mode of teaching and learning created by standardised testing has no place in our schools.

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Dear Parents (an extract)

  • 28 Feb 2020

In her latest book, GABBIE STROUD has written a series of funny, honest and heartfelt letters to the parents and caregivers of her students, highlighting the intense pressure on teachers and the fundamental problems within our education system.

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A new standard

  • 16 Dec 2019

Teacher GABBIE STROUD was driven out by government policies that made it near impossible to do the job she loved. But she still dreams of a radical shift in how we think about learning.

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