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On 8 November 2016, divisiveness changed the climate of American schools. On this day, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won the race to the White House against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Trump’s campaign was built on influential xenophobic rhetoric that ...

Excessive sausage rolls and hot chips unsurprisingly contribute to boys’ obesity. But unexpectedly, not so much to girls’, a new study has found. Researchers from Queensland’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute also ascertained that, oddly, girls from single parent families ...

Sport is a cornerstone of Australian culture but children with disabilities often miss out. A Deakin University program is hoping to change this with the help of the AFL, the National Disability Insurance Agency and Moose Toys. AllPlay, led by ...

“I wiggled awound the woom at west-time”, two-year-old Lara proclaimed. By this, of course, she meant she wriggled around the room at rest-time. If this speech pattern persisted, Lara might’ve been diagnosed with an articulation disorder. But, like many other ...

Mention the terms ‘intellectual giftedness’ and ‘learning disability’ and there is a general understanding of what each term means. However, most people are unaware that in many circumstances the two can go hand-in-hand. Current US research suggests that 14 per ...

Weighing 113 kilograms and standing over two metres tall, Baron, an English Mastiff, could be Australia’s largest dog. But that’s not his only claim to canine fame: Baron is also a certified therapy dog. At Penrith Valley School in Sydney’s ...

The State Library of Victoria will no longer be just a silo for quiet study and reflection but an active area of learning – if enough funds can be raised. The new designs for the library, from architecture firms Architectus and ...

A senior figure within the Canadian-based education group, the Arrowsmith Program, has defended the organisation's model following fresh criticism from an Australian expert that much of the evidence used to prove its effectiveness is drawn from preliminary data in research and conference ...

The Independent Schools Council of Australia has expressed extreme concern over possible changes in government school funding arrangements. Colette Colman, the lobby group’s chief executive, has written a letter to all federal MPs. In the letter, Colman wrote that “sudden ...

Many children are very familiar with fairytales, songs and games in which the Big Bad Wolf is a character. Whether it is the song Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, the fairytales The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding ...