• Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL
People have different views when it comes to school uniforms. from shutterstock.com

Should school uniforms be compulsory? We asked five experts

We asked five experts from various fields whether school uniforms should be compulsory. Four out of five said no.
The current curriculum includes life skills that are taught across all subjects, but the review wants them only taught when “necessary”. Shutterstock

There’s more to education than spelling and numbers

Headlines in newspapers on Monday morning said much of the curriculum review has been welcomed across Australia. The removal of the four “general capabilities” from the curriculum is a travesty many are…
When it comes to their futures, teens are influenced by what their friends are doing, and what their parents want them to do. Shutterstock

Early ambitions make a big difference to career outcomes

Young people who have early ambitions for study and their career are more likely to succeed than those who haven’t thought about life after high school. New research shows having a career or strategic…
What stops children from wanting to go to school? AAP

Pushed out or pulled out? Why kids don’t want to go to school

Prime minister Tony Abbott has set a new goal of closing the gap for Indigenous school attendance within five years, saying a failure to properly educate children is “one of the worst forms of neglect…

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