Thousands of Australian students are disengaged from school and leave early. Governments have provided alternative learning options for these students, but are these having unintended consequences?
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A survey shows nearly half of students with disabilities are being excluded from school events and activities, while one in ten are being denied enrolment. These reports suggest illegal practices.
When it comes to inclusive education, England has gone backwards, with more and more students placed in segregated provision or excluded from educational opportunities.
Every school should should have at least one qualified special education teacher, and Australia should invest in a recognised pathway to be qualified.
Interviews with students who have a vision impairment show they wish their teachers and friends knew more about them. Here are the four key messages they want to communicate.
Government funding in Nigeria's education sector has been chronically low and needs to be changed.
A six-province study of principals finds those who prioritize spending time boosting staff report high levels of effectiveness supporting inclusive schools.
A medical model tends to see disability as an individual impairment, but disability — including autism — is part of all of our precarious, precious lives.
School children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have limited access to care in South Africa's education and health sectors.
The needs of children with albinism aren't met in the classroom and this often leads to them dropping out of school.
South African universities aren't catering to students with hearing problems. Here's what can be done.
When students feel accepted and respected by their teachers and peers, they will actively engage in academic and non-academic activities.
There is good evidence behind some of the recommendations from the Gonski review that will help all students, particularly those who get left behind.
Leaving young people to figure sexuality and sex out themselves could result in ill-informed decision-making, and withholds knowledge that is their right to have.
An Indonesia-Australia collaboration is working to improve inclusion for disabled people in Indonesian schools, including in Islamic institutions.
In Tanzania, where albinism is common, there's plenty that ordinary teachers can do to support students with albinism – much of it quite simple.
Recent articles question whether inclusive education can do more harm than good. However, neither article presents examples of inclusion. Rather, they present tragic examples of exclusion that are claimed to be inclusion-not-working.
Children with special needs aren't necessarily always better in mainstream schools.
South African teachers say it's a struggle to apply their training about "inclusive education" in crowded, stressful classroom situations.
All children are different, but different isn't wrong, and doesn't require fixing.
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Educational Studies, Macquarie University
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Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
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ARC DECRA Fellow / Senior Research Fellow, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor in the School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, Lancaster University
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Senior lecturer, University of Sydney
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Deakin University
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Researcher in Inclusive Education, Monash University
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Lecturer in Educational Management, University of Dar es Salaam
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Research Fellow at La Trobe Law School., La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Special and Inclusive Education, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Manchester
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Researcher into Educational Leadership and Policy, Flinders University
