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Eclipses are rare, fantastic celestial events. Here’s how educators can help visually impaired students enjoy eclipses alongside their sighted peers.
Teaching children about the environmental crisis can help fight climate change, but climate change is already negatively affecting children’s education around the globe.
Free secondary educational policy in Ghana is worthwhile but struggles to keep up with quality.
The prime minister has flagged he has draft legislation on religious freedom waiting in the wings, but unless Peter Dutton agrees to it, it may never see the light of day.
Research shows that more children have handled household guns than their parents think.
Being severely sunburnt as a child more than doubles the chance of developing future skin cancer but less than half of primary schools questioned in new research have a sun safety policy.
Jokes can be a healing contagion as they expose hypocrisy, spark laughter and open minds.
No other 20th-century American novel did quite so much to burnish Brooklyn’s reputation. But Smith rarely saw her hometown through rose-colored glasses − and even grew to resent it.
A scholar on racism weighs in on a recent court decision that upheld a school’s decision to punish a Black male student for wearing his hair in long locs.
The majority of children who do not take or pass IQ-style entrance exams to private- or grammar schools, will have many qualities not measured on an IQ test. They may also just be late developers.
Bilingual education can improve learning outcomes but it’s important to consider local context.
Giving students a voice in decision-making helps foster well-being, research has found.
A new study reveals that instilling an entrepreneur-possible self — the belief that you can become an entrepreneur — is a critical stepping stone for becoming an entrepreneur.
Educational philosopher John Dewey saw America’s schools as a place for students from different backgrounds to learn from one another.
Scholars say Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s schools, universities and museums are part of an ongoing project to destroy Palestinian people, identity and ideas.
Montessori education is as popular as ever. But is the teaching method really more effective than conventional schooling?
Tools such as ChatGPT dominate the conversation around AI in schools. But with teachers looking to meet Indigenous content requirements, using generative AI could do more harm than good.
Although disabled students are supposed to have equal access to school sports, questions remain about whether they participate at the same rate as their nondisabled peers.
A study in which students brainstormed all the uses of a paper clip shows that AI can both enhance and harm the creative process.
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