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Smartphones are undoubtedly a distraction to learning. We should keep an open mind about the school ban and give teachers and students time to see what works.
Key education policy decisions in the early 2000s have not produced the desired results. But broad bipartisan agreement is now needed to give children and teachers the greatest chance of success.
Punishing parents of truant children misses factors – such as poverty and hunger – keeping some children out of school.
A new study reveals the extent of the COVID pandemic’s effect on headteachers, including high workloads, stress and exhaustion.
The education technology sector constantly offers new products to solve old problems. Will anything be different this time?
Musicians have exceptional levels of professionalism, resilience and creativity, which transfer to other careers in a range of industries.
If the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan persists, consequences could include higher rates of abuse, the spread of extremism and billions of dollars in economic loss.
My recent study looked at the inequalities rural and regional young classical musicians face which are unknown to their city-based counterparts.
The Palestinian enclave faces an interconnected series of crises that will amplify the human costs of conflict even when the bombing ends.
How students are taught has been shown to be as important as what they are taught.
Four Ontario school boards have filed a lawsuit against social media platforms to force them to change practices that harm schoolchildren.
Governance failure and location of schools around large expanses of unprotected forest zones make school children easy targets for bandits in Nigeria’s north-west.
By targeting specific students, removing barriers and involving families and communities, school districts can make summer learning more accessible to students who need it.
Studies show that teaching parents how to support their children can lead to improvements in literacy.
Eclipses are rare, fantastic celestial events. Here’s how educators can help visually impaired students enjoy eclipses alongside their sighted peers.
Teaching children about the environmental crisis can help fight climate change, but climate change is already negatively affecting children’s education around the globe.
Free secondary educational policy in Ghana is worthwhile but struggles to keep up with quality.
The prime minister has flagged he has draft legislation on religious freedom waiting in the wings, but unless Peter Dutton agrees to it, it may never see the light of day.
Research shows that more children have handled household guns than their parents think.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Education Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Derby
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Professor & Director, Hub for Apple Platform Innovation (HAPI), School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University
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Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor of Education, Victoria University