The conservative think tank’s efforts to dismantle the Education Department go back more than 40 years, a scholar writes.
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Citizen science project ‘Insect Investigators’ takes scientists to regional schools to teach students to track and identify insects.
Critical thinking involves specific skills for assessing evidence, but background knowledge about the subject is also essential.
The layoffs further complicate staffing shortages at the Office for Civil Rights, which plays a vital role in promoting a fair education for public school students.
A better understanding of why parents of children with special needs choose homeschooling can provide insights to help improve public schools.
Using structured literacy to teach te reo Māori is more about an educational ideology than about understanding the essence of New Zealand’s Indigenous language.
The president’s apparent strategy is attempting to eliminate the agency on his own authority, while asking Congress to finish the job, an education expert writes.
Public school access to high-quality teachers is shrinking, while teen reports of feeling unsafe at school are on the rise.
Universal free school meals improve health, boost learning and tackle child poverty—yet England lags behind in rolling them out.
Higher education in Ireland bears the continued legacy of colonial history.
Queensland remains the only state still to join the agreement, which ties federal funding to schools to specific measures, such as phonics checks.
Research suggests school choice programs have little effect on student achievement but worsen overall outcomes by draining money from cash-strapped public school systems.
Australians’ civic engagement is spiralling, and has the potential to undermine democracy. New research from the UK may point the way forward.
As executive orders ban teaching ‘gender ideology’ and ‘critical race theory’ and the Big Five publishers file a joint lawsuit against book bans, a new era begins.
Charter schools enjoy smaller classes and better teacher-pupil ratios. But big questions remain about their success rates – and why the public system isn’t better resourced.
The second world war marked a turning point in the history of childhood. To train young people to build peace, authorities reinvested in schools and introduced new pedagogies.
The nonpartisan arm of the Education Department supports research and shares data on student progress. It identifies what works and what doesn’t.
While more young people openly identify as LGBQ, many still face substantial challenges that can contribute to a greater prevalence of mental health concerns.
A desire to fight ‘wokeness’ and reduce government spending are among the reasons that Trump and his supporters want to close the Education Department.
My study found students that used AI in their design work were more creative and learned new skills quickly.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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