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A writer of the controversial Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why has penned a defence of his work in response to criticisms from mental health organisations that it glamorises suicide. Nic Sheff, who wrote episode six of the series, is a ...

Tree-time with kids may be good for all kinds of development, including physical stamina, gross motor skills and risk-management skills. But it also has lesser-known benefits for children and adults alike. These are captured in what the Japanese call shinrin-yoku, ...

Youth mental health advocate headspace (self-styled with a lower case initial) has warned teachers to look out for the hit Netflix drama, 13 Reasons Why, and its impact on students because of its narrative and graphic depiction of suicide in ...

Thousands of teachers worldwide educate students in areas outside of their expertise – and this isn’t just limited to subject knowledge. As the Australian Catholic University’s Dr Anna Du Plessis outlines in her book, Out-of-Field Teaching Practices: What Educational Leaders Need ...

Tasmania will cut the Safe Schools program after federal funding expires, being the second state to do so in a week, following the lead of New South Wales. Federal funding for the anti-bullying and education initiative expires at the end of ...

The national digitisation of NAPLAN isn’t being processed smoothly by the states and territories. Queensland is the latest state to pull out of the NAPLAN online testing trial. The sunshine state education minister Kate Jones made this announcement on 7 ...

The UK minister of state for school standards has advised a federal phonics panel, which is looking at introducing a mandatory, nationwide Year 1 phonics check. While the details of what Nick Gibb told the panel are unknown, he did ...

Teaching is a complex pursuit with teachers constantly facing competing demands, increasingly diverse student groups, high accountability; and new requirements and evidence to be adopted regularly. Therefore, success in teaching depends upon some important attributes and capabilities. Graduate teachers nowadays ...

Imagine your busy household, on a Tuesday evening. Your children are watching TV, you are tidying away the dishes after the evening meal. Your mind drifts to the pile of laundry waiting from the weekend sports, the homework that needs ...

Mfaume Kakozi, 18, lives life to the beat of his own drum. Born in central Africa’s Democratic Republic of Congo, he fled his homeland at a young age due of war. He made his way to a refugee camp in ...