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Expert skewers ‘suspect’ school costs report

A Monash University expert has refuted research that suggests school costs have dramatically risen. Dr David Zyngier, a senior education lecturer, says the numbers in the Planning for Education Index 2018 by education scholarship plan provider Australian Scholarship Group (ASG), "may or may not ...

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Teen drinking drop due to parents

Did you know that Australia now boasts one of the lowest teen drinking rates in the developed world? Prior to 1999, however, the opposite was true. A key reason for the radical, relatively abrupt shift? According to a Deakin University study ...

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Technology in education: a forecast for 2018

Digital transformation and the rise of millennials are dominating headlines in the Asia Pacific region (APAC). Rapid advancements in technology are drastically improving the way we do things. As millennials come of age, modern students will be adept with technology, ...

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HP launches $500,000 Kids Fund grant program

Did you know? 65 per cent of students will be employed in jobs that are not yet created? The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) skilled jobs grew at about 1.5 times the rate of ...

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For gender inclusivity, let students disagree

We've all likely heard the statistics: gay, bisexual, intersex or transgender people comprise only up to 11 per cent of the Australian population, yet they are three times as likely to experience depression. One survey found almost 1 in 2 ...

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Opinion: NAPLAN’s questionable origins

When NAPLAN was launched in 2008, its aim was to boost student achievement through the annual administration of standardised tests. But the scheme's performance remains unimpressive, as the 2017 NAPLAN results have shown. Yet again, student scores in literacy and numeracy flatlined, as ...

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