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In our new research we looked at what impact breakfast has on students’ motivation to learn and their academic achievement.
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We believe no other intervention has been so thoroughly tested in Australian schools or amassed such a comprehensive body of evidence.
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Research on streaming maths classes shows we need to think much more carefully about this very common practice.
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Unlike the traditional method of comparing Indigenous students with non-Indigenous students, a new approach compares Indigenous students with their Indigenous peers.
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Imagine if you enrolled your child in swimming lessons but instead of a qualified swimming instructor, they were taught freestyle technique by a soccer coach.
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New research finds teachers tend to have tailored approaches to help students performing below standard, but not for their gifted peers.
Removing cost barriers helps girls to get a secondary education.
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Free secondary educational policy in Ghana is worthwhile but struggles to keep up with quality.
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Homeless families rehoused in temporary are bearing the brunt of the high travel costs and policies ill-designed to accommodate their specific needs.
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Australia’s teachers are predominantly Australian-born, female, and non-Indigenous. Most hail from middle-class backgrounds with urban upbringings, and are less likely to have disabilities.
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In a series of research forums young people talked about their fears around going to high school. And what kind of support they want.
The reasons that explain why girls don’t get into secondary begin in primary school.
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Deep-seated cultural practices – such as female genital mutilation and child marriage – prevent girls from making progress in school.
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Parents are enablers, motivators and facilitators of their children’s education.
Legacy schools in Ghana are over subscribed.
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Grouping of high schools in Ghana into categories perpetuates inequalities.
An empty schoolyard is seen, in Montréal in November 2020.
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A survey of high school students highlighted the tensions they faced when classes moved online during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Doing maths past 16 has been shown to better equip students for university, and not only those doing a maths degree.
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New research shows that secondary pupils who take maths past 16 have higher levels of a chemical that boosts brain plasticity and learning in general. What other teaching can provide this?
A 16-year-old’s academic performance impacts their future outcomes on every level, educational, professional and emotional.
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The data shows that attainment gaps in English education at age 16 cannot be attributed to any single factor.
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We need to revive teachers’ sense of satisfaction in their jobs.
Will de-streaming lead to the equity education that Black parents and community members have long sought?
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If Ontario’s de-streaming of high schools isn’t accompanied with other efforts to address cultural norms and values, streaming in many other forms and guises will continue.
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Children need to know how to get help when they feel at risk.
Something still seems to be missing in teaching mathematics.
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A major reason for poor performance in mathematics in Nigeria is that lessons in primary schools are not centred on pupils and activities.