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School students can fall behind for many reasons. From missing school to learning difficulties and problems at home.
School nurses are ‘real nurses’. And they can do everything from hearing checks and helping with injuries, to managing complex medical conditions at school.
A new study investigated children’s use of Kriol language at the Wugularr School in the Northern Territory.
Tactics used to censor the teaching of American history in Florida schools bear much in common with those seen in the illiberal democracies of Israel, Turkey, Russia and Poland.
Parents have created schools to cater to their own religious and philosophical beliefs. Or to focus on the particular needs of their children and communities.
Scholars examine how state laws that restrict lessons on race could affect students and educators.
Despite a ‘damning’ report, the alternative education system still works wonders with students outside the mainstream. What it needs is more money and commitment.
A new study looked at NAPLAN results in reading and numeracy and tracked the same students all the way from from Year 3 to Year 9.
A contributing factor to a rise in violence in Ontario schools is underfunding of education and the social service sector. Using trauma-informed responses is part of the solution.
Long gone are the days when a school report came on one handwritten page, with grades and comments like, ‘tried hard, but needs to try harder’.
These programs may seem like a good idea. But they can threaten children’s engagement in learning and undermine teachers’ professional skills.
Guided by policy, practice and relationships with students, families and communities, teachers are charged with helping all students thrive. To suggest otherwise is disturbing.
In a new study, students say they want access to indoor and outdoor play spaces at vertical schools. But they don’t want too much noise.
Many students say they aren’t learning much about slavery beyond its harsh conditions. A historian explores how Juneteenth offers opportunities to change that reality.
The way Australia’s school system is structured is especially unfair on students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Teaching climate change in schools raises basic and potentially divisive questions about the purpose of education and the nature of childhood.
Our work with ‘special assistance schools’ shows how we can retain and engage students if they are treated with more respect and given more choice in the senior years.
The school’s approval may be the strongest challenge yet to limits on public money in religious schools.
Students who study remotely need to have someone supervise them in-person. If it’s not a family member, it is an external tutor, who are hard to recruit and keep.
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Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and the Future of Schooling, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
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