We should be cautious of implementing policies off the back of the OECD’s annual education report, which makes vast comparisons between countries and leaves out crucial data.
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American textbooks confine the history of indigenous peoples to a distant past.
Should history textbooks be revised to include Native American voices?
To include Humanism as one of six core religions to study, would do it an injustice.
Just 55% of year 6 students and 52% of year 10 students are meeting the expected grades for ICT. What’s going wrong?
After November 13, teachers in France asked themselves how they could talk to their students about the violence. The answers are both creative and deeply moving.
Phonics programs can be helpful for students with very particular learning needs - but it’s not a one-size-fits-all literacy solution. Here are some things you should be wary of.
Textbooks have been at the centre of two major South African court cases. They may not be a magical cure for all the country’s education ills, but research shows they are a critical part of learning.
Unhealthy foods are the most heavily marketed products in school. Why do we allow it?
The social network giant is developing new software that could be used to help personalise learning in schools. It’s a move that should have some worried they could lose business.
Right now, teachers across Australia are busy writing up end-of-year report cards for nearly 4 million school students. But what should you do if your child brings home a report you’re not happy with?
Courts have left teachers and administrators without adequate guidance on schoolchildren’s free speech rights. Should schools exercise censorship?
New analysis of public data highlights flaws in the education system that is leaving disadvantaged students in the most vulnerable positions.
A new report finds children in care are less likely to achieve the national minimum standards in literacy and numeracy – with the gap growing as they get older.
A school in south London has become the latest building to win the UK’s most prestigious architecture accolade, fuelling the debate as to the importance of architecture to learning.
The narrow focus on grades and random employment statistics reflects a very simplistic view of our complex education system.
Teachers often view vocabulary building as the most important aspect of education. In reality, there are lots of other early learning experiences that children need to develop.
Our roads, bridges and schools are in dire need of aid, and the economic benefits of investment far outweigh the financial costs.
Under the current system, nobody is accountable for the progress of students learning English in schools – or whether funding is being used appropriately.
October 5 is World Teachers’ Day. How about paying some attention to how teachers experience their work? Do teachers in Finland have more autonomy when compared to those in the US?
There are plenty of signs that teaching as a vocation is in trouble in the US.
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