A new report finds children in care are less likely to achieve the national minimum standards in literacy and numeracy – with the gap growing as they get older.
A school in south London has become the latest building to win the UK’s most prestigious architecture accolade, fuelling the debate as to the importance of architecture to learning.
The supply of teachers cannot be turned on and off like a tap – it takes years to create a teacher.
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Teachers often view vocabulary building as the most important aspect of education. In reality, there are lots of other early learning experiences that children need to develop.
Minneapolis learned the tragic consequences of crumbling infrastructure in 2007.
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Under the current system, nobody is accountable for the progress of students learning English in schools – or whether funding is being used appropriately.
The atmosphere in classrooms in Finland is more relaxed.
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October 5 is World Teachers’ Day. How about paying some attention to how teachers experience their work? Do teachers in Finland have more autonomy when compared to those in the US?
The work of teachers is not valued as much as other professions.
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One in 10 children report spending multiple hours on homework. There are no benefits of this additional work, but it could leave a negative impact on health.
There were only 3,964 seniors in the graduating New Orleans class of 2015, which represents only half of the original cohort of babies. What happened to the missing children?
South African teachers must operate in extremely varied socioeconomic conditions. Their practical training in schools needs to prepare them for this reality.
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There are a number of ways to improve the experience that student teachers have while completing their compulsory practical period in a school.
Many South African schools lack basic equipment like chairs, textbooks, pens and blackboards. Research suggests they could still succeed – by taking learners’ ideas and concerns more seriously.
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What happens when a school doesn’t have many resources but teachers and the principal really listen to learners’ ideas and fears? The results, research finds, can be remarkable.
Education Minister Christopher Pyne has distanced himself from the controversial proposals to withdraw federal funding from public schools, and means-test public school parents.
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The leak of four reform proposals for Australian schooling has triggered panic and confusion across the country. But while at first glance the proposals may seem worrying, they need to be put in context.
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