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Back-to-school routines under COVID-19 look a little different than previous years. For one thing, kids need to wear masks. Which means many parents have mask questions.
Just as in other countries, COVID-19 outbreaks are a matter of when, not if, should Ontario schools reopen in September.
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?
Forest School helps children learn without realising it.
Grammars have received a £50m funding boost, while at the same time many primary and secondary schools are resorting to Amazon Wish Lists to fund basic supplies.
School children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have limited access to care in South Africa’s education and health sectors.
Students need to be taught about colonialism’s dark past.
Kids in the UK grow up with some of the highest levels of educational inequality.
Consumerism is entering the playground and placing further pressure on already stretched parents.
Does the International Baccalaureate make for a better rounded education for students?
Schools can’t equip students with all the skills they need once they start work, especially STEM and digital skills. Here’s one way they can better prepare their students for life after school.
Encouraging and supporting failure can make your child more resilient, better able to cope and help them grow.
There are a number of questions parents should be asking to determine what age is best to send their child to school.
Most people agree that children should be taught to manage money — but who decides what they learn, and who is responsible for teaching them?
Schools have a duty to teach children morality, but which moral values should they teach?
Smoking ban in Bangladesh isn’t working, and children are paying the price.
Parents say they homeschool for a number of reasons including, lifestyle, dissatisfaction or disagreements with local schools, special needs, bullying and religion.
Accurate data is needed for how disability funding is being used in schools so that it can be allocated correctly.
At a time when America feels divided and families face rifts, the history of Thanksgiving offers lessons in unity, generosity and faith.
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, Cornell University
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Adjunct Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer and researcher in Education, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Epidemiology, University of York
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Professor of Philosophy of Education, University of Birmingham
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Investigator, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Indian and Colonial History, University of Liverpool
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Professor of History and Environmental Studies, University of Oregon
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Professor, Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Leader, University of South Australia
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Policy Analyst, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Director, Nottingham Institute of Education, Nottingham Trent University
