Without addressing teacher concerns about integrating IT in the classroom, we risk creating a generation of students ill-prepared for a digital future.
This year’s preliminary release of NAPLAN data was due out August 8.
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It’s time Australia came of age and followed England’s example by introducing a relevant and diverse sex and relationships education program in all schools.
Healthy relationship education will soon be mandatory.
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Compulsory sport and physical education at school will improve children’s memory, attention and ability to concentrate, not just boost fitness. The evidence is in.
The era of two school systems in Ontario should be riding into the sunset. There are enormous cost savings and community benefits to be had by merging the public and separate school systems. A school bus is seen here in Markham, Ont.
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The time to consolidate Ontario’s two school systems is long overdue. It’s no longer viable to dismiss the issue on Constitutional grounds. All that’s needed is political will.
Encouraging students to study science and maths at university is only one step in a complex pipeline that turns out specialist teachers.
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Recruiting specialist teachers takes more than just encouraging them to study science and maths at university. Governments and wider society needs to come on board too.
The storm over school funding continues, and at its centre, how best to decide who pays.
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Estimating parents’ capacity to contribute to their children’s schooling is both vital and politically sensitive. Schools with well-off parents get much less funding from government.
Cheating has risen significantly over the past 30 years in Kenya.
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Children in the north of England are more likely to finish school with poorer grades and are less likely to go on to further education.
In their early years, children have the ability to accurately produce all sounds of all languages, to mimic a near-perfect accent, which makes it an optimal time for learning a second language.
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Needs-based funding is necessary, but it can only do so much. It’s much more effective if we don’t have schools with high concentrations of poverty and disadvantage.