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Education strikes by university and public school workers are political fights about diminished respect for education as a public good and workers’ rights in an economy that perpetuates inequality.
Paying good teachers more sounds like a great idea. The problem is the research on performance pay shows it’s counterproductive – and inflicting it on a system in crisis is terrible timing.
Music education in Minneapolis public schools stood out as one of the best and gave rise to the city’s music scene that helped propel Prince to fame, a scholar writes.
Addressing urgent and complex problems such as climate change involves research across the full spectrum of society – and that includes Australia’s young people.
Two years since Greta Thunberg’s first school strike, young environmentalists around the globe aren’t trying to save the world. They are building a better one.
Biden, Sanders, Warren and other candidates are calling for a substantial and unprecedented spending boost.
The point of an argument can become lost when debating climate change. Greta Thunberg show us how to stay on-topic.
Ontario high school labour negotiations broke down over student quality of learning — including mandatory e-learning. Ontario has yet to explain how this will work for students with special needs.
Research suggests that kids benefit when there are fewer of them in a classroom. But quickly reducing class size can cause new problems as schools scramble to hire new teachers.
What it means to be a good teacher has changed over time, along with prevailing views on what constitutes appropriate behavior.
Teachers’ unions often say they go on strike to improve conditions for students. A closer look at recent walkouts suggests they are also fighting for something else: membership.
The human voice is a sonic fingerprint - and Greta Thunberg’s tells a powerful story.
From media coverage to story books, children are consistently represented as prophets or puppets in the midst of climate emergency. It’s time for that to change.
Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s will close its Australian stores for this month’s global climate strike and pay staff to attend the protest, telling customers “if it’s melted, it’s ruined”.
Policies to tackle climate change will make it more expensive not to act.
The Uber driver walkout raises questions about how workers can fight for better pay and benefits in the age of the gig economy – a topic frequently on the minds of Conversation scholars.
Research from around the world shows that boosting teacher pay can lead to better student learning, but only if it’s accompanied by other things.
The Climate Strike movement shows us loud and clear that youth not only care about climate change, but that it needs to be brought to the table to cement their vote.
The Climate Strike movement shows us loud and clear that youth not only care about climate change, but that it needs to be brought to the table to cement their vote.
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Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Assistant Professor of Higher Education, West Virginia University
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Assistant Professor of Educational Policy & Leadership, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Professor of Education Policy and Economics, Michigan State University
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Research Fellow, Institute for Water Futures, Australian National University
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Formerly Lecturer in Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor in School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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ARC Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Visiting Fellow, Science Policy, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor in Law, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in English, Manchester Metropolitan University
