National programs have not yielded improved achievement rates in schools. We need to empower local people to take responsibility and collaborate to develop programs.
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Universities should begin the process of updating and modernising their undergraduate economics curricula.
Policies to tackle social mobility have been largely misdirected. While rates of upward social mobility have fallen, downward mobility has risen.
Instead of holograms replacing teachers, we’re seeing teachers using holograms to enhance the learning experience, particularly in disciplines such as health sciences and medicine.
The introduction of teacher standards may actually reduce teacher professionalism if not handled correctly.
Rather than bypass college to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams, members of Generation Z are increasingly partnering with universities to launch new startups, a university president says.
T.M. Landry College Prep, facing allegations of abuse, is known for getting students from poor backgrounds into Ivy League schools. An education scholar says the school’s focus was misplaced.
As more parents turn to social media to post videos of themselves punishing their children, an educational psychologist warns that the practice may cause more harm than good.
Nearing the end of his second and final term, the founding chair of The Conversation UK considers the role of universities in the news media environment.
Children need be able to identify potentially harmful sexual behaviours, including sexting, from a young age.
A grassroots movement to end racial disparities in schoolhouse discipline is beginning to take root throughout the nation and winning important victories at the local level. Can it sustain the effort?
The Supreme Court long ago rejected the idea of a federal right to education. Can a series of new lawsuits convince the court to change its mind?
Far from proof of a flawed education system, politically active school students are evidence our education system is working well.
The government’s ambitious plans for T-levels might struggle to get off the ground given that further education colleges are already short of 20,000 staff.
Although many feared that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would destroy public education, a review of the past two years shows that much of her policy agenda has failed.
Our contemporary education systematically trashes creativity and unwittingly punishes students for exercising their imagination.
Teenage girls in Kenya who fall pregnant either drop out of school or risk unsafe abortions.
There needs to be more opportunity in school and at home for students to learn to write for enjoyment.
Religion has helped science, as well as hindered it.
With just days to go before the election, Labor is making a last-minute appeal to voters to stay in power, while the Liberals are pressing for change.
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