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A major international test has found about 80% of students have “more than elementary” skills in reading comprehension. This is the same result Australian students recorded in 2016.
Our results highlight what’s possible when programs aimed at helping the most disadvantaged students are well funded.
Book bans in Ron DeSantis’s Florida have censored beloved Australian author Mem Fox – for an illustrated character’s bath. But blanket nudity bans teach children bodies are ‘inherently sexual’.
We know the teacher shortage is a problem, all around the country, at all year levels. But beyond this, it is hard to get specific details.
Free speech is under attack from both sides of the political spectrum.
Teachers judged the same math work differently based on whether the work was associated with male or female names.
Ironically perhaps, it may be the move toward reconciliation between Indigenous Peoples and settler Canadians that revives the focus of the Crown in Canadian schooling.
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare says he wants a national approach to mobile phone bans in Australian schools.
Both at home and in schools, food can become a powerful tool to empower young people to take climate action, which can lead to reduced climate anxiety and increased feelings of hope for the future.
In a new report, education authors Tom Greenwell and Chris Bonnor propose a framework to increase parental choice and improve equity in the school system.
While evidence grows about the impact of asbestos exposure on teachers and other school workers, the risk to schoolchildren remains worryingly under-reported and under-researched.
School choice already abounds in Ontario. Adding charter schooling in the name of ‘choice’ won’t help student achievement.
Access to swimming in the UK has been hit by COVID and the cost of living crisis and that has consequences for children and young people.
A major international report says the “disciplinary climate” in Australian schools is among the “least favourable” in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
At this point of the school year, many Year 10 students begin to seriously think about what subjects they might pick for years 11 and 12.
We work as part of a team researching drug education. Schools tell us there are rising expulsions due to vaping. We have also heard of students being home schooled so they can continue to vape.
Research shows schools worry parents will revolt if there is too much detail in sex education classes. A new survey asks what Australian parents actually think and want.
New research shows how harassment of young people in their school uniforms is a serious issue that has largely flow under the radar.
While it is likely many teachers, parents and students will have never heard of the agreement, it is a crucial policy.
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Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Education Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor in Education, Deakin University
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research DECRA Fellow, Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Associate professor in Social and Political Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Social Impact, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor Emeritus Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW