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Lifting the standards of rural and remote students to the those of urban students could boost the economy by 3.3%
Valuing the skills and contributions of our educators and reversing the high rates of turnover is critical and can only be achieved through fair pay and rewards.
There is no need for all students to sit the same test, that asks the same questions, on the same day. We are smarter than that.
Research shows early childhood educators are among the lowest-paid Australians, with some finding better pay in other fields such as night-time retail work.
Critical thinking is of paramount importance, especially as it applies to research on the internet -- and to our energy future. Educators have a duty to ensure students avoid fake news on energy.
Roughly 700,000 students ages 13 to 17 have experienced homelessness in the last year. An education researcher says the obstacles that these students face can threaten their college dreams.
In a time of populism and political polarization, children and young adults need to learn to think critically, with complexity and nuance. History, as a subject, is more important than ever.
Striking a better gender balance would be easy, but until now universities have not been paying much attention to the problem.
Pressure on schools to make rapid improvements discourages deeper thinking about long-term solutions. Education can learn a lot from "slow" movements.
Staffing rural schools has been an issue in Australia for at least 113 years. We need a fresh approach to tackle this persistent problem.
How can we improve the PISA standardised tests?
Our schooling system needs a rethink.
The pursuit to get into the best colleges has taken out the joy of learning from students' lives.
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
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Professor, Deputy Director, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, QUT, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Education, University of Derby
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Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW
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Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Vice President for Enrollment Management, Bentley University
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Open Evidence Research, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT), University of Bergen
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Riverside
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle
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Senior Research Assistant, STEM Education Research Centre, University of Canberra
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Professor in Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Manchester
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Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Winnipeg
