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In new interview research, young people say sex education most often occurs without discussing actual sex.
Girls don’t just outperform boys when it comes to reading skills. They also say they like reading more than their male counterparts.
Capturing the experiences of students who are deaf or hard of hearing is important so schools can address fatigue related to listening and communicating efforts.
Differences over what counts as indoctrination lie behind a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in Florida. PEN America’s CEO deems book removals ‘a deliberate attempt to suppress diverse voices’.
A major international test has found about 80% of students have “more than elementary” skills in reading comprehension. This is the same result Australian students recorded in 2016.
Our results highlight what’s possible when programs aimed at helping the most disadvantaged students are well funded.
Book bans in Ron DeSantis’s Florida have censored beloved Australian author Mem Fox – for an illustrated character’s bath. But blanket nudity bans teach children bodies are ‘inherently sexual’.
We know the teacher shortage is a problem, all around the country, at all year levels. But beyond this, it is hard to get specific details.
Free speech is under attack from both sides of the political spectrum.
Teachers judged the same math work differently based on whether the work was associated with male or female names.
Ironically perhaps, it may be the move toward reconciliation between Indigenous Peoples and settler Canadians that revives the focus of the Crown in Canadian schooling.
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare says he wants a national approach to mobile phone bans in Australian schools.
Both at home and in schools, food can become a powerful tool to empower young people to take climate action, which can lead to reduced climate anxiety and increased feelings of hope for the future.
In a new report, education authors Tom Greenwell and Chris Bonnor propose a framework to increase parental choice and improve equity in the school system.
While evidence grows about the impact of asbestos exposure on teachers and other school workers, the risk to schoolchildren remains worryingly under-reported and under-researched.
School choice already abounds in Ontario. Adding charter schooling in the name of ‘choice’ won’t help student achievement.
Access to swimming in the UK has been hit by COVID and the cost of living crisis and that has consequences for children and young people.
A major international report says the “disciplinary climate” in Australian schools is among the “least favourable” in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
At this point of the school year, many Year 10 students begin to seriously think about what subjects they might pick for years 11 and 12.
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Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Senior Manager, Brisbane Catholic Education & Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Professor Emeritus Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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