Australia has a wide gap in educational outcomes between children in poverty and their better-off peers. A new study indicates why reducing child poverty is the best way to lift our educational game.
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Extracurricular activities help children from low-income suburbs close the gap between them and their better-off peers. But subsidies for these activities are patchy and often limited to sport.
The education system needs an urgent re-think to give children from disadvantaged backgrounds a better chance in life.
Childhood adversity doesn’t just affect our choices – according to new research, it also weakens the body’s fundamental ability to stay healthy in old age.
Indonesian politicians and public figures say Indonesians have a low interest in reading. But people in disadvantaged areas defy this perception; they always welcome new books with joy.
Shape-shifting bodies. Cracking voices. Hairs sprouting in new places. Why do some children enter puberty early?
Does sport really improve young people’s development?
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Professor, College of Business, Government & Law, Flinders University
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Researcher in Social Epidemiology, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education, Psychology, Sociology and Education Division, Queen Margaret University
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Researcher, Pusat Strategi Kebijakan Pendidikan (PSKP), Kemendikdasmen
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Associate Professor and Visiting Academic, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Bath