Interviews with parents of students with disabilities show that children were often physically restrained and secluded at school for nonviolent offenses.
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Recent changes to the federal law that bans sexual discrimination in education could make life tougher for students who experience sexual assault or harassment.
It simply cannot be left up to individual teachers to enforce cellphone restrictions in schools without significant support from school administrators and work to bring parents on board.
In Canada, where fewer than 10 per cent of kids regularly eat school-provided meals, parents, especially mothers, are left to juggle school lunches, often under major pressure.
Year 9 teachers say students often drift off to ‘never-never land’. How can we do this tough but crucial year differently?
A whole-school approach to literacy is far more effective for students, but few Australian schools have practical plans for building literacy across all subject areas.
With learn-from-home likely to return during the pandemic or other emergency, it’s important we understand why many migrant families found this mode of education delivery so challenging.
A third of students say they don’t like school, and that dislike often begins around the time they enter high school. But the reasons they give point the way to solutions to this problem.
School board elections are becoming increasingly fractious and political events, with candidates focused on one or two issues. An education policy scholar explains why that’s a worrisome trend.
A recently released schools policy guide has been receiving some criticism. Reports suggest it instructs teachers to not use terms like “boys and girls”, for instance. This is not entirely correct.
Vague references don’t cut it. The public deserves to know exactly how Alberta is relying on science, realism and high-quality problem-solving in its back to school plans during COVID-19.
A former education minister recently suggested Australian governments fully fund private primary schools, like Canada does. But a Canadian educational researcher says this isn’t accurate.
Newly-released body camera footage shows an Orlando police officer taking a 6-year-old girl away in handcuffs. A school safety expert explains the potential pitfalls of police in primary schools.
While the state of Texas says it is taking over the Houston school system in the name of school improvement, an expert argues the move is motivated by racism and political power struggles.
Dress codes in schools can mask a lot of inequality issues around gender, race and religion. Why not go with a simple policy that applies to everyone equally and discuss the underlying issues instead?
If we look at enrolment figures for public secondary schools, it’s untrue to say the steady drift towards private schools has been reversed.
‘Cage-like’ facilities, segregation, and high numbers of exclusions show the concerning ways schools have responded to challenging behaviours by students with disabilities.
Here’s why Labor’s figure for school funding is too high.
Here’s what the latest funding proposals mean for schools.
Education experts discuss changes to schools and universities following the federal treasurer’s budget speech.
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Professor of Education Futures, The University of Melbourne
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Policy Analyst, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Deputy Program Director, School Education, Grattan Institute
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Senior Lecturer, Education Policy and Leadership, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Vice Chancellor, Sheffield Hallam University
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Dean, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, University of Calgary
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Professor, Leadership and School Transformation, School of Education, University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Indigenous Education, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Disability and Community Inclusion, Flinders University