Children who move schools often can struggle. But so too can those who stay put while others come and go. More attention needs to be paid to these often-forgotten victims of school transience.
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Tough feedback can shake our confidence. But there are healthy, helpful ways to process it. And yes, venting is one of them!
Education Minister Jason Clare says completion rates for teaching degrees are 50% compared to 70% for other degrees. This sounds alarming but there is a different way to look at the figures.
Results are coming back for students in years, 3, 5, 7 and 9. It can seem like a very big deal to stressed students. In reality, it is only one indicator of how a child is progressing.
Upfront cash payments would be more helpful to students than cheaper course fees - as this makes cost-of-living easier while studying.
The new federal education minister has kicked off what could be a major reset of university research funding in Australia, with a review and stern letter to the Australian Research Council.
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare says migration is one ‘practical’ solution to get classrooms staffed. But there are also signification teacher shortages in the UK, US and Canada.
Two teacher educators look at how we can keep students in teaching degrees. Reimbursing them for professional placements in schools would be a start.
We hear the term ‘skills shortages’ all the time in media and policy debates. But what skills do we need, and more importantly, how do we get them?
A Melbourne private school is opening online-only enrolments. Headlines have focussed on the $18,000 fees. But there are many reasons why in-person schooling may not work.
The annual Student Experience Survey is a litmus test of student engagement, satisfaction and educational quality. But the survey’s categories of study no longer match the post-COVID experience.
New research identifies four main ways parents try to deal with their children’s use of screens. All have their pros and cons.
First Nations communities have experienced data being collected by researchers unethically. Better practices and relationships with communities can happen through ways of sharing such as yarning.
This Book Week, don’t stress about the costume and don’t worry about what the other mums or dads are sewing or buying. Costumes are fun but what matters is to let your kid read what they enjoy.
Clueless star Alicia Silverstone sparked furious debate by revealing she co-sleeps with her 11-year-old son.
The pandemic has meant some parents have to just drop their young children at the gate and go, without seeing the classroom and talking to teachers.
It’s important to keep in mind public speaking has two parts to it: writing the speech and delivering it.
Australia’s education ministers have asked their departments to come up with a new plan to address the teacher shortage by December.
Today, state and federal education ministers will meet in Canberra to discuss the teacher shortage. It will be their first in-person meeting for more than a year.
Classrooms should not be a free-for-all TikTok fest. But we need to support children to learn how to concentrate and function in a digitally-saturated world.
We surveyed more than 100 Australian parents of children with ADHD about lockdown learning to see what worked and what did not.
New research examines why Māori and Pacific representation in university STEM subjects remain so stubbornly low.
New research finds students are having panic attacks and losing money on a test they must pass to qualify as teachers.
New Grattan Institute analysis shows there are more than 100,000 teaching assistants in classrooms across the country.
This week, NSW teachers learned they were going to get a “helping hand” preparing lessons from the start of term 4