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“…Both students and parents have high expectations for achievement, but exposure to persistent and repeated negative representations of indigeneity or Indigenous academic ability from teachers and the media leads to disengagement, de-identification and reduced wellness.” This statement, by a group ...

They may constitute only approximately 1.2 per cent of the population, but until recently, transgender individuals have been excluded from society. In a 2015 speech, former Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson said that of LGBTQI people, “the lingering and most extensive discrimination ...

American developmental psychologist Emmy Werner was one of the first people to ever use the term ‘resilience’.  It came out of her landmark study of children from Kauai, Hawaii, from their birth in 1955 to their late teens, in the 1970s. At the ...

Teenagers need to be aware of the dangers of mixing caffeine-loaded drinks with alcohol – turning them into ‘wide-awake drunks’ – with potentially deadly effects. The warning comes after the tragic death of a happy, healthy Sydney teenager who was ...

Much has been made of the inadequacy of careers advice in schools. Regardless, some young people simply know what they want to do for a living earlier than others. Erin, from Bondi in Sydney’s east, knew she wanted to be a ...

An encyclopaedia is remaining relevant by augmenting its competitors. Encyclopedia Britannica, which was established in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768, has created a Google Chrome browser extension that cuts through search engine ‘noise’. Britannica Insights works by delivering encyclopaedic information alongside, say, Google ...

NSW state schools will receive a $6 billion windfall in the upcoming state budget, with new schools, classrooms and upgrades planned over the next four years. The funding boost aims to cater for the state’s increasing student population, set to ...

On individualised learning How can we cater for individual difference [between students]? It has been the problem for forever. The government is now saying this is an economic problem. I’m really excited by that. – Daniel Wolf-Clark, chief executive, myEdOnline (part ...

Fittingly, at the largest education event in the southern hemisphere, the foremost antipodean education official spoke. Simon Birmingham used his address to the vast EduTECH crowd to celebrate the education reforms of the past year. Yet while the Education Minister mainly rhapsodised ...

Childcare groups believe centres and parents will face more red tape, not less, when changes to childcare subsidies begin next month. From July 2 the federal government will consolidate childcare payments into a single-test subsidy. But submissions from organisations to a ...