There is little reason to think changes made to the Closing the Gap targets and partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives will have much of an impact.
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Including queer texts in the English curriculum has the potential to affect real social change, including in understanding and confronting inequalities.
In these divided times, young people are uniting to claim a political platform and fight climate change.
New technologies like facial recognition are coming – whether we like it or not. We can't turn back the tide, but we can manage new technology to do the least harm and most good.
Research shows small financial incentives for doing maths homework can increase maths achievement. But this raises some tricky ethical questions.
Shared reading has many benefits. Among them, it can help your child develop a bigger vocabulary.
It can be really tricky to know what to do when someone you care about starts using drugs. Raising the issue and listening without judgement is a good place to start.
Universities have done a lot over the last two years to respond to the high rate of sexual assault and harassment on campus, but we still don't know whether rates of incidents have dropped.
Children from minority groups rarely see themselves reflected in the books they read. This can negatively impact their sense of identity and their literacy levels.
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The transition from primary to secondary school can be tough for children socially and emotionally. Students also do less physical activity in secondary school, and need help with this transition too.
Teachers should seriously reconsider using technology to monitor behaviour because of the negative impact it could have on students.
Research tells us goal setting is important, but not all goals are created equal. Here are five things to consider when setting goals for your final year in school.
Evidence shows improving teacher selection will improve student results.
While international students do need baseline proficiency in English, they need support the whole way through their degrees to actually be successful.
Gifted students have the potential to be our future Einsteins. But they will only do this if we support them to learn in an appropriate way.
For women with a bachelor of arts degree, teaching is one of the highest paying jobs. The opposite is true for men.
If schools and policy-makers want to boost children's literacy, they should invest in teacher librarians.
Changes to the literacy and numeracy standards for new teachers in Victoria have raised questions about what makes a 'good' teacher.
Reports that Australian classrooms are some of the most disruptive in the world are based on the experiences of 15-year-old students alone, and focus on science classes.
It's important for the child and their achievement at school that there is a good parent-teacher-student partnership.
At least in the short term, employment opportunities for graduates seem to be increasing.
National programs have not yielded improved achievement rates in schools. We need to empower local people to take responsibility and collaborate to develop programs.
Navigating friendships as a teen can be hard. Parents can help by modelling good behaviour and making sure their teen feels they can talk to them about their friendships.
Food education in Australia tends to be patchy, and doesn't fully met the present and future life needs of students and their families.
Many new teachers leave the profession after only five years. Here are six steps schools can take to better support new teachers.
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While many military veterans do well on campus, not everyone feels welcome or their views matter. Here's what universities can do better.
University students don't always mix outside their own area of study or cultural cliques. But that can change with a little encouragement, and food helps.
Although fewer Australian teens planned on going to university or TAFE than 15 years ago, figures were still higher than the OECD average.
An alternative to costly teacher professional development courses is already improving teaching in our classrooms.
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Future of VET
Teacher preparation has been identified as a key factor in the quality of education. To improve the quality of the VET sector, we need to ensure teachers and trainers are qualified to teach.
We already have all the research reports, reviews and inquiries we need to make reform to the VET sector happen. What we need is proactive leadership and action.
Future of NAPLAN
While we may need to rethink how we use NAPLAN, it is an important and useful tool for researchers and policy makers.
To assess problem-solving, creative and critical thinking skills on NAPLAN would fit with broader movements in education internationally, but there are some questions to address first.
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The benefits of university are clear and measurable, but we can do more with constructive reform.
When it comes to increasing Indigenous Australians' participation in higher education, we could take a leaf from our neighbour's book.
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