Students at an Atlanta elementary school prep for upcoming state standardized tests.
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Standardized test scores drive many of our decisions about students, teachers and school districts. But research shows that the results are highly predictable, in a bad way.
The Conservatives have traditionally won Exeter’s student vote, but those days may be over.
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A rare find in an Exeter library helps explain why the local student vote switched from the Conservatives to Labour.
Textbooks can be costly.
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A number of universities around the world are providing free textbooks to first year university students as a way to increase retention rates.
What is different about hookup culture on Catholic campuses?
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As Catholicism teaches abstinence before marriage, there is a common perception that Catholic schools would be places without hookup culture. Does faith make a difference?
In Australia, around 41% of students go to private secondary schools.
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If we look at enrolment figures for public secondary schools, it’s untrue to say the steady drift towards private schools has been reversed.
Seeking out a good education can sometimes take you away from what’s familiar.
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If the government is to continue to spend millions toward sending Indigenous children away to boarding school, we need research into how effective this model is, and its impact on communities.
Mental health issues have become a growing problem among students.
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This is how to stop it.
Who is portrayed as Australian? ‘Opening of the first parliament’ Tom Roberts c.1903.
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Despite improvements to their content over time, secondary school history textbooks still imply that ‘real’ Australians are white.
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Who comes up trumps in tertiary education?
Is the sky really the limit when you’re from a poorer background?
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The current system disproportionately limits opportunities for young people from low-income backgrounds.
A student in Cape Coast solves a math problem.
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By embracing a style beyond the typical classroom lecture, math education can serve all of our students better.
Catholic schools haven’t always received government funding.
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Federal and state government funding to the Catholic sector does not necessarily then flow straight to the school.
Is it smart to take smart drugs?
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Students taking ‘smart drugs’ to boost their academic performance are putting their health at risk.
How will policy changes affect schools?
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Here’s what the latest funding proposals mean for schools.
Teenagers don’t know as much as they should about managing money.
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Around a fifth of 15-year-olds in Australia do not have basic financial literacy.
Not everyone is in a position to start university straight away.
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Students on ‘enabling’ courses may now have to pay substantial fees under higher education reforms.
Is it fair to make students pay more?
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Students who take longer to complete their degree will be hit hard by fee hikes.
The school funding problem.
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‘Per pupil expenditure’ is where the real story lies.
Students will have to stay repaying their loan when they earn $42,000.
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Students will now have to pay back more of their loan, and repay quicker.
Vouchers give parents more choice over schools.
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There is no evidence to suggest that vouchers are simpler, fairer and more transparent than current funding models.