Research shows that reading stories with a maths focus can boost grades and also help parents become less anxious about discussing maths.
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Children educated at home by their parents are not on a register, nor subject to an annual visit.
While it can be painfully repetitive to adults, re-reading your child’s favourite book aloud can help boost their vocabulary and fluency.
A fortnight of exams in year 12 can be a stressful time for students. Here’s some tips for parents on how to take control of exam stress.
Five percent of seven-year-olds are having some kind of extra tuition. Why?
David Cameron’s plans to deduct child benefit from parents of truants will not fix a complex problem.
Why does emotional learning matter for children?
African-American children tell stories that are vivid, elaborate, and rich in imagery. These skills help support their early literacy skills. How can schools take advantage of this?
Children as young as six can show math anxiety. What’s the link between parents’ math anxiety and their children’s math anxiety?
People who were born preterm earn less and are more likely to be unemployed, research shows.
Parent involvement with kids’ homework can have both positive and negative effects. So, what should parents and educators do?
Feeling guilty and out of your depth as a parent? You’re not alone – and there are ways to turn the guilt you’re feeling into positive changes for your family.
Plans to double free childcare will only be available for ‘working parents’.
We shouldn’t just be blaming the middle classes for snapping up all the free childcare spots.
By limiting financial support to smaller families, the government is doing its best to stop undesirables from reproducing.
Schools can learn from strategies used to help ethnic minority children to close gap for white working-class pupils.
Why parents must show interest in what their children learn at school.
Whether you are over-protective or more laissez-faire, the chances are that someone, somewhere will be criticising your parenting style.
Discussion about longer hours of childcare has focused on cost and adult productivity – but there are health benefits for children.
There is lot on the minds of teens other than school, grades and friends. Research shows being asked “prying” questions could make a real difference to their mental health.
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds
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Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Educational Inclusion, Newcastle University
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Emeritus professor of children's literature, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Educational Leadership and Management, University of Bath
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professor in Child Health Literacy, Edge Hill University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne