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Government schools remain open but many parents are already voluntarily keeping their children home in an effort to 'flatten the curve'.
Research finds that poor households in rural Indonesia tend to prioritise high-cost schooling options for sons, while sending daughters to under-resourced Islamic schools. Why is this the case?
Overcrowding can have severe negative consequences for the education and safety of learners.
Closing the reading achievement gap continues to be a pressing global challenge.
From obstacle courses to playing music, school children give their thoughts on how to make a daily run more exciting.
Fracking in Pennsylvania has led to disadvantages in state school districts.
The average Australian school kid spends more time watching TV or gaming and less time being active over their summer holidays. Could more chores be the answer?
A focus on more realistic performance outcomes can help students cope when things do not go to plan.
Parents shouldn't fear putting tech under the tree. In fact, it could bring families closer together.
But there is an answer.
Stories like 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Jane Eyre' are still relevant today.
Children in classrooms – particularly in disadvantaged areas – are already feeling the very real effects of funding cuts.
When it comes to completing homework, getting organized and celebrating small victories along the way is key, an expert on learning strategies says.
When ideas are presented as topics to be debated, rather than as facts to be learnt, students and democracy benefit.
Over the past few decades secondary schools have become larger and fewer in number. For parents, this had made choices at once more limited, but also more complicated.
Research suggests that students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds are the most likely to suffer from uncorrected vision problems.
Many educators receive little or no training in how to spot brain injuries resulting from a concussion. There are ways to improve collaboration.
Testing times ahead for four-year-olds as new starters face 'harmful' assessments within six weeks of starting school.
Our new research shows that children who are physically active every day tend to perform better in exams.
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