All Australians aged 13-17 are encouraged to do 60 minutes of physical activity a day.
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Research indicates exercise is effective for improving mood and preventing the development of depression in young people.
Four out of five experts said no.
We know summer school holidays can be challenging, stressful and expensive for working parents but we still know very little about how families juggle conflicting demands.
Far from proof of a flawed education system, politically active school students are evidence our education system is working well.
The skills shortage in the foundry sector shows there is a continuing demand for "traditional" trades.
Some 80% of young people will experience a traumatic event by the time they become an adult. Here's how teachers and parents can support them.
Glyn Davis lays out the evidence (or lack thereof) for the argument that free speech on campuses is at risk.
The Melbourne Declaration is now ten years old. It acts as a national guide for education policy, practice and delivery in Australian schools.
A recent study has shown educators can include and teach children on the spectrum in mainstream childcare, alongside their non-autistic peers.
Chief Scientist Alan Finkel writes we can do a better job of teaching students to master a discipline and maximise their post-school opportinities.
Mindfulness exercises can help PhD students manage the stress of completing their thesis.
Most international students who study overseas feel positive about their experiences. But universities could be actively working with businesses in home countries to help secure jobs for graduates.
There needs to be more opportunity in school and at home for students to learn to write for enjoyment.
School reports are coming soon. Here's a guide for how to interpret and make best use of your child's school report.
Instead of getting "back to basics" to improve math skills, we should make math literacy a priority by developing, attracting and supporting skilled teachers, and improving math literacy at home.
There's no evidence we have a problem with free speech on our campuses. The free speech inquiry is expensive and unnecessary.
There is conclusive evidence that in most cases, suspension only reinforces negative behaviour.
Children in the early stages of learning to read should be given decodable books to practise and generalise their developing alphabetic skills.
Learning music in the early years of schooling can help children learn to read.
We should keep in mind that education is valuable beyond graduate earning capacity, and that what a student learns during their education can have little to do with why they earn more.
The exam period can be a stressful time for students. Here are a few strategies to help students cope.
The New Zealand government's strategy to import teachers from the UK, Canada, South Africa, Australia and Fiji will do little to improve representation for indigenous Māori in the teacher workforce.
Children need the same information repeated to encode it permanently.
Recycled or scrap parts including tunnels, pipes, crates, foam, rubber and plastic parts make for better play equipment for kids than a fixed swing set.
The Victorian opposition has pledged funding for "decodable readers" which focus only on sounds. But kids prefer to read rich texts.
Research and News
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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The exam period can be a stressful time for students. Here are a few strategies to help students cope.
Understanding attention span and working memory capacity is important to learn how to take electronic notes more effectively.
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.
Ideas for higher education reform
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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Rigid gender roles and stereotypes are key drivers of violence against women. So let's challenge these by starting young.
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The beginning of a new school term is often met with resistance from kids who would prefer to stay on school holidays. But for some parents, getting their kids to go to school is an ongoing battle.
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Students
Australian students, on average, reported a poorer sense of belonging at school than the OECD average. But issues with sense of belonging aren't distributed evenly across the population.
Teachers
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30 skill priority areas will be free from the beginning of 2019 in Victoria. Students will feel the most benefit, while private providers say the policy is not equitable.
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