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More needs to be done to stop racist attacks and abuse in UK classrooms.
When it comes to digital competitiveness, Australia needs to step up and get serious about education.
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Australia ranks 15 out of 63 nations when it comes to digital competitiveness, according to a new report.
Super-size me?
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A look at the issue of class sizes.
Australia’s cybersecurity strategy needs some work.
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The Australian government’s cybersecurity report card is out and the results are worrying.
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What’s it like to be a refugee in the UK?
Teach For America teacher Sergio Santiago looks over an assignment with a student.
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Teach for America was created to bring more resources to disadvantaged communities. New research shows that the participants also learn a few things.
A student learns to operate a mill in an advanced precision machining class.
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The Trump administration’s cuts to social programs like career and technical education would deal a blow to its efforts to boost economic growth.
How will policy changes affect schools?
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Here’s what the latest funding proposals mean for schools.
Schools can offer their pupils valuable support systems even if they’re short on resources.
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Schools that have supportive strategies in place can offer buffers. They can promote positive outcomes – for pupils and teachers.
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and President Donald Trump participate in a round-table discussion during a visit to Saint Andrew Catholic School in Miami.
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The Trump administration’s new education budget cuts money from traditional schools and funnels it toward school choice. Is it a nail in the coffin for public education?
Genetics or evolution first? No brainer.
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Researchers find striking results from a large study of secondary school students.
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Doing away with the study of musical theory and notation will simply entrench elitism in the music world.
Venezuela is among the countries in which popular resistance to repressive politics is on the rise.
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There are groundswells of civic engagement in a handful of countries, but ensuring the survival of fundamental freedoms in these dangerous times will require a resistance that knows no borders.
An astronomer today is more likely to be online than looking through a telescope.
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Science today is increasingly data-driven, but our education system has not caught up.
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A study of how the Young African Leaders Initiative handles its business exposes typical weaknesses, mainly lack of understanding local context, suffered by many foreign aid programmes.
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The truth about chess playing and intelligence.
Most schools will get a boost in funding, while universities will face cuts.
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Education experts discuss changes to schools and universities following the federal treasurer’s budget speech.
The school funding problem.
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‘Per pupil expenditure’ is where the real story lies.
Please Miss, can I go to Disneyland?
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The knock-on effect for schools is a heavy burden.
A slave fortress in Cape Coast, Ghana.
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An online database explores the nearly 36,000 slave voyages that occurred between 1514 and 1866.