‘Wakey, wakey, sleepy head.’
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A wake-up call for early school mornings?
Shadow minister for education Tanya Plibersek said Australia is slightly below the international average on funding for schools.
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Tanya Plibersek, shadow minister for education, told reporters recently that Australia is slightly below average when it comes to international funding for our schools. Is that right?
Another school year is beginning.
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Attending early education and getting learning support from parents can really help get children ready to start school.
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The gap between boys and girls starts early and grows quickly.
Children who stutter may fly under the radar, appearing shy and quiet.
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Children who stutter may be less popular among classmates, appear shy and quiet, and often avoid speaking in class so that they don’t draw attention to their speech disorder.
The teacher’s task is to help your child be motivated.
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There are lots of ways teachers greatly influence children’s outcomes, including improving motivation and resilience.
Turns out children don’t necessarily become smarter just because they have learned how to play the piano or sing in a choir.
Going circular on education.
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Our schooling system needs a rethink.
The prescriptivist stranglehold on grammar isn’t just restrictive, it’s often just plain wrong.
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Were your teachers right about when to use commas, and about not starting sentences with ‘and’?
Girls who can, code.
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How the geek effect and a sexist games industry is putting girls off a career in computing.
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If education and tolerance go hand in hand, how is it possible that anti-immigrant sentiments are so virulent in educated populations?
Time is ticking on the nation’s mental health.
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Because educating young people about mental health and well-being is no simple task
60% of high school students in Singapore receive private tuition.
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The role of private tuition plays a part in the overall success of students in Singapore, with around 80% of primary-school children having at least three hours of private tuition a week.
What makes a good teacher? It’s not rocket science.
In the UK, the length of teacher training has not changed significantly in over 30 years, and yet the demands on teachers have increased massively.
Hands up if you’re top of the class.
East Asian pupils continue to outpace their counterparts in Western schools.
Theresa May wanted to “deprioritise” school places for children of people illegally in UK.
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No Theresa May, “deprioritising” school places for children isn’t the right way to go about reducing immigration figures.
Young people’s negative attitudes towards maths are increasing.
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The questions young people tend to ask about maths often relate to their personal experience of how they found maths in school.
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White middle-class parents get an easy time of it when it comes to parental involvement.
A new phonics test won’t help us understand what the problems are. We need solutions.
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Being able to sound out letters in words doesn’t mean you can understand them. There is no clear evidence that a new phonics screening test for children in Year 1 will help improve reading levels.
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The current education system lends itself to heightened stress levels among staff – and the empowerment of bullies.