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The teacher strikes that have swept the US represent a new shift in teacher activism that has led teacher unions to align with broader social and racial justice movements, an education scholar says.
Young people can make big savings living with their parents, but it throws up some thorny issues.
How do women decide how many children to have and when to have them? The data reveal a few major patterns.
Making good friends in primary school is not always an easy task. Here’s how teachers and parents can help.
Fertility apps aim to help women understand their bodies. But while some find tracking their data a positive experience, others may feel burdened or trapped.
Family is far more important for developing engagement of young people in civil society than previously thought.
School reports are coming soon. Here’s a guide for how to interpret and make best use of your child’s school report.
Values – and capital – are clearly passed down from one generation to the next.
Most dads aren’t taking shared parental leave – new research reveals why.
Poorer families don’t have the resources to achieve the same as better off families – yet they’re being blamed for their situation.
Parent blaming has taken a new turn – no longer just criticised for failing to attend to their child’s every need, parents are now being condemned for ‘over-parenting’.
Most parents worry how their child will fare after divorce. Most will be fine, so long as they don’t witness conflict.
It’s very difficult to measure whether a conception was intended. But those data are vital to understanding women’s choices.
Reading styles vary in effectiveness. Here are six things you can do, based on research, to help your child get the most out of shared reading.
Make maths more fun with these tips
Rigid gender roles and stereotypes are key drivers of violence against women. So let’s challenge these by starting young.
Forget the “summer slide” here’s how you can help your child learn more over the summer holidays.
Estimating parents’ capacity to contribute to their children’s schooling is both vital and politically sensitive. Schools with well-off parents get much less funding from government.
In this professor’s class, there are no calculators. Instead, students learn advanced math by talking, drawing pictures, playing with beach balls – and knitting.
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