Creating that buzz.
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By ignoring emotion, school inspections are missing the point.
More is possible in a virtual world than in a classroom – that’s what makes Minecraft invaluable.
Bill Shorten sees a fresh opportunity to re-assert Labor as the Gonski saviour.
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Funding is one of the few areas Labor has left to distinguish itself from the Coalition when it comes to school policy at the national level.
There’s more to learning handwriting than just joined-up letters.
Schooling doubt.
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Tackling extremism, building happier adults and delivering a generation that can adapt to rapid change. Putting thinking and thinkers at the heart of the curriculum should be an easy decision.
Changing attitudes: why is it ‘cool’ to be bad at maths?
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You wouldn’t feel so confident about claiming you weren’t good at reading, so why is it okay to be openly negative about mathematics?
Me next?
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When Higher Education gets involved in our children’s schooling, we risk widening inequalities and creating ethical dangers.
Thousands of students are being signed up to courses that they have little or no chance of completing.
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Tightening regulation will contain the damage but this alone will not address the deeper problems in vocational education.
Lack of funding support shuts out refugees from accessing higher education.
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People seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas should have access to education funding and loan schemes so they can improve their skills, gain qualifications and contribute to Australia.
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Zuckerburg wants to plough billions into personalised learning, but his way may not be the right way.
When’s enough enough?
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The affordability of college has been at the forefront of the presidential campaign, but the real problem is that we’re too educated for the jobs available.
Graduation at Fudan University in Shanghai. Education is an important instrument in building China’s global status.
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In China, education is more than a means to deliver high skilled labour. The country has constructed its education policy to demonstrate its ambition to become a global power.
Should Humanism be a core part of the syllabus?
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To include Humanism as one of six core religions to study, would do it an injustice.
Students protest over planned increases in tuition fees in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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South Africa will need about R60 billion a year to rollout free university education. A tax on graduates seems to be a practical solution.
What do you mean you don’t know?
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Do you know why onions make your eyes water? Neither do 83% of parents.
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This spellbinding documentary tells Malala’s story while shining a light on a global injustice
Commenting on which subjects girls find difficult won’t help.
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It’s simple: sexist language should be considered just as unacceptable as racist and homophobic language.
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The UK’s approach to classics in school is a hangover from the days of selective education.
How do we create an education system that works for all?
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New analysis of public data highlights flaws in the education system that is leaving disadvantaged students in the most vulnerable positions.
It’s time to embrace a more collaborative approach to cultural leadership.
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Young, experimental arts practitioners are exploring new ways to think about cultural leadership. But if we see leadership as a form of action rather than a role, how should we teach it?