Parents have created schools to cater to their own religious and philosophical beliefs. Or to focus on the particular needs of their children and communities.
The US is home to more international migrants than any other country. But even though immigration is an actively debated topic, immigrants are poorly understood.
Students who study remotely need to have someone supervise them in-person. If it’s not a family member, it is an external tutor, who are hard to recruit and keep.
A major international report says the “disciplinary climate” in Australian schools is among the “least favourable” in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
School ‘gets real’ in Year 1 after an emphasis on play in the year before. Meanwhile, in Year 8, students’ motivation can dip in a year that has no obvious purpose.
Parents can be worried when they hear their child is in a composite class. Research says the teacher and school community are more important than how a class is composed.
It is often assumed young people in flexi schools are not interested in doing intellectually challenging work. New research shows this is not the case.
Attendance at school is crucial to improving educational outcomes for students. Unfortunately, children in out-of-home care face myriad challenges when it comes to attending school every day.