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Classrooms in Crisis: Why Australian Kids Are Losing 12 Weeks a Year | Blaise Joseph
22 minutes Posted Sep 6, 2026 at 11:16 pm.
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Michael Stutchbury interviews CIS Education Director Blaise Joseph about his new paper: Classrooms in Crisis: Australian teacher views on student behaviour. 
A national survey of more than 370 teachers finds classroom disruption is costing students an average of 12 weeks of learning a year — roughly one-third of instructional time
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