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First Nations children continue to be overrepresented in incarceration to due to overpolicing. What can schools do to decolonise education and keep First Nations kids in school?
Research suggests more should be spent on English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) support – earlier in the school system, before it’s too late.
As NSW overhauls its approach to suspensions, school discipline continues to be one of the most difficult issues in Australian schools.
As enrolments climb and urban spaces become more crowded, some schools have been left with less play space per student than a prison cell.
The single sex versus co-ed debate has been going for decades. But perhaps changing social norms will put an end to it.
Yes, eating breakfast really is important. So how can parents help kids to eat this important meal, without making it the most irritating part of the morning?
With the Manly footy jumper episode providing yet another reminder of the prejudice LGBTQ+ Australians face, new research looks at the challenges faced by queer young people.
The new Liberal leader says education is a top priority and ‘activists’ are driving ‘non-core’ subjects in schools.
The good news is there are evidence-based strategies that can help you discipline your child without using violence.
Education experts say putting student teachers in classrooms risks seeing teacher attrition levels like we have never seen before.
The NSW state government has just announced a major overhaul of its selective school program. This aim is to make it fairer for children from disadvantaged backgrounds to secure a coveted spot.
The new ‘Screenomatic’ model can protect students and academics, while still providing useful feedback.
Australian media have and do unfairly report on Indigenous affairs and toxic environments are leading to fewer First Nations journalists. Should universities put cultural safety in journalism courses?
Apple is positioning itself as a global education expert. It’s providing not just computers to classrooms, but also professional learning for teachers.
The Australian approach to lifting standards of schooling has a crucial blind spot: the role of the people and communities outside school in supporting students.
A comic aimed at high school students looks at the ways people have adapted to climate change in five countries.
Despite a nearly 50% increase in the proportion of 25-to-34-year olds with a degree since 2008, the percentage of university students from under-represented equity groups has hardly changed.
A new survey of Australian primary teachers found almost 65% of teachers never asked students to write at home with the support of a family member.
Lower participation and poorer performance in cross-country running by students at low-SES schools is troubling, because physical activity and fitness are closely tied to health and well-being.
New research examines 25 years of newspaper reporting of teachers and finds consistent evidence of “teacher bashing”.
Australian researchers will welcome the newly announced review of how their main source of non-medical federal funding, the Australian Research Council, operates. There’s a lot to consider.
The proportion of Australian university students who want to found a business after they graduate is increasing fast and is now around 16%. But most of their courses perpetuate an ‘employee mindset’.
Casual or short-term contracts, a lack of professional development, little hope of career progression: a survey of academic working conditions sounds a warning.
Recent polling shows more than 90% of Australian parents think their kids’ screen time is a problem.