Every year, school districts across the U.S. try to plan out a bus schedule that works for all students while keeping costs and emissions low. Our mathematical models can help.
Sometimes only a water fountain will do.
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Fragmentation, inconsistency and a lack of accountability between alternative education providers means not all young people get access to a good education.
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?
Children’s needs are not always catered for in the public school system .
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Teachers – get to really know your kids, their families, their community and its history, and what’s going on at home. While school policies are important, relationships are the real keys to success.
We need to stop blaming Indigenous students and families for low school achievement.
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Focusing on the opportunity to learn gap removes the emphasis from locating “the problem” in the person, and turns our attention to the differences in access to educational resources.
Remote schools often struggle to recruit and retain great teachers.
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17% of the Australian population is now of various Asian backgrounds. School curriculum around Asia-Australia relations needs updating to reflect demograpic changes.
Students don’t always know if they are making any progress in their learning.
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The latest round of NAPLAN results show Australia’s school systems are not good at reducing the influence of a student’s background on their academic achievement.
Constant reforms in maths education aren’t helping Australia to improve its performance.
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Any new approach to linking welfare payments to attendance must address the flaws of previous trials. It will require the cooperation of schools and the availability of accurate, real-time data.
We need to invest much more into those who teach the teachers.
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