Despite a ‘damning’ report, the alternative education system still works wonders with students outside the mainstream. What it needs is more money and commitment.
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A new study looked at NAPLAN results in reading and numeracy and tracked the same students all the way from from Year 3 to Year 9.
A contributing factor to a rise in violence in Ontario schools is underfunding of education and the social service sector. Using trauma-informed responses is part of the solution.
Long gone are the days when a school report came on one handwritten page, with grades and comments like, ‘tried hard, but needs to try harder’.
These programs may seem like a good idea. But they can threaten children’s engagement in learning and undermine teachers’ professional skills.
Guided by policy, practice and relationships with students, families and communities, teachers are charged with helping all students thrive. To suggest otherwise is disturbing.
In a new study, students say they want access to indoor and outdoor play spaces at vertical schools. But they don’t want too much noise.
Many students say they aren’t learning much about slavery beyond its harsh conditions. A historian explores how Juneteenth offers opportunities to change that reality.
The way Australia’s school system is structured is especially unfair on students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Teaching climate change in schools raises basic and potentially divisive questions about the purpose of education and the nature of childhood.
Our work with ‘special assistance schools’ shows how we can retain and engage students if they are treated with more respect and given more choice in the senior years.
The school’s approval may be the strongest challenge yet to limits on public money in religious schools.
Students who study remotely need to have someone supervise them in-person. If it’s not a family member, it is an external tutor, who are hard to recruit and keep.
Parents were concerned that their children’s race would affect their school experiences.
Drag Queen Story Time events have faced backlash and protests recently. But contrary to misconceptions, these events can support child development and promote acceptance.
About 10 million US children are chronically absent from school.
School systems need to wake up from ‘business as usual’ learning. Teachers can draw on terror management theory in their work on the front lines with students navigating the climate crisis.
In new interview research, young people say sex education most often occurs without discussing actual sex.
Girls don’t just outperform boys when it comes to reading skills. They also say they like reading more than their male counterparts.
Capturing the experiences of students who are deaf or hard of hearing is important so schools can address fatigue related to listening and communicating efforts.
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