{"id":17557,"date":"2014-10-16T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T07:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=17557"},"modified":"2014-10-16T18:56:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T07:56:17","slug":"the-australian-curriculum-review-and-arts-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/the-australian-curriculum-review-and-arts-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Australian Curriculum Review And Arts Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The release of the Australian Curriculum Review this month makes 30 key recommendations after receiving 1600 submissions.<\/p>\n<p>The government appointed Professor Ken Wiltshire AO and Dr Kevin Donnelly to conduct an independent review of the Australian Curriculum. 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