Students at the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy in Aurukun.
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The lesson to be learned from Aurukun is around the impact of out-sourcing education to commercial interests.
Who’s ready?
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And many of them are not getting the help they need.
Should the government both manage and regulate school systems in Australia?
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Responsibility for the operation of public schools needs to be separated from the policymaking and regulatory functions and put into a separate authority.
Smaller class sizes do not make a difference the quality of education.
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Maxine McKew speaks with education expert John Hattie about the kind of debates we really should be having around education.
We need to adapt learning styles to suit those whose first language isn’t English.
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Students from non-English speaking backgrounds learn differently depending on the types and number of languages they speak and are literate in.
Computers aren’t a magical silver bullet for learning.
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Schools are focusing on the wrong objective when it comes to using technology in their classrooms. They should focus just as much on how they teach.
More training is needed to help teachers understand how to better support students with disability.
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Schools are deliberately disregarding disability standards through rejecting school places, being reluctant to make teaching adjustments and having poor attitudes towards disability.
Should it be the government or the states that decide how money is spent in schools?
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Mixed messages from the Coalition government around schools policy are not only confusing, but also raise deeper questions about whether they have a firm position on schooling at all.
Mobile phones have many benefits. But they can also interrupt classes and distract pupils.
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More pupils in Ghana, Malawi and South Africa are taking smartphones to school. These can be useful learning tools – or terrible distractions.
Caldecote Towers Immanuel College, a private Jewish school in Hertfordshire.
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Good results and issues of identity drive attendance of Jewish schools – it’s not all down to religious beliefs.
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Sadly the finding that children, especially poorer children, suffer the most from air pollution isn’t particularly surprising.
Boys are more likely to start school later.
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With more parents opting for their child to start school later, it is now possible to have four and a half year olds learning alongside six year olds.
‘Labor leader Bill Shorten was wrong to claim an immediate GDP boost from his party’s education policy.’
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Both parties are proposing to spend more on education, yet there is no guarantee that either will lift outcomes substantially.
Imagine a school with no year levels or set curriculum – could it work?
Our education system fails to amplify students’ creativity and interest in learning. To continue along the current path is increasingly unscientific, unjustifiable and plain dull.
A grounding in grandeur: Winchester College in Hampshire.
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More children are going to independent school in the UK, according to a new census.
Nicky Morgan: under pressure.
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Plans to turn all schools into academies by 2022 have caused a crisis within the party.
Education and training alone are enough to tackle youth unemployment.
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The government assumes that with the right education and training, a young person will be able to get work. But this is not the case, especially for young people who live in rural and regional areas.
Oxgangs Primary in Edinburgh ravaged by storm earlier in the year.
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The Private Finance Initiative was meant to be the solution to 21st century public buildings. Edinburgh’s school problems are far from unique, however.
Anti-bullying laws can both help and hurt students.
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All states have anti-bullying laws in place. Here’s why they don’t work.
Resistance is mounting to Nicky Morgan’s plans to convert all schools into academies.
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The government’s plans could come with many hidden costs.