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Health+Wellbeing
Only 20 per cent of students tell teachers about domestic violence
Less than one in five students tells a teacher or school counsellor when they are affected by family and domestic…
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School Management
Schools still assume students have a mum and dad who are together. This can leave separated parents âcompletely out of itâ
In 1987, UK researchers lamented how schools were organised âaround the assumption that the nuclear family is the normâ. Families…
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News
School cost and location the issue parents feud over most
A survey of family lawyers has found that the location and fees of a school are the most litigated matters…
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Opinion
How supporting parents helps students
The sight of a struggling student can be heart-breaking for teachers and school staff but with a classroom full of…
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School Management
Increased opportunity, increased expectations: immigrant parent influence on children’s education pathway
When immigrant families arrive in Australia, they will often find a whole new world of educational opportunity for their children.…
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News
Should Australians need a licence to parent?
Parental licensing has long been mulled over by academic philosophers and political scientists, but a social work researcher says the…
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News
Could a code of conduct for parents, students curb teacher-targeted bullying?
Teachers are considering leaving the profession over the bullying they cop, so experts have floated a possible partial solution to the…
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News
Most parents satisfied with their kid’s school, feel financial pressure: survey
More than two thirds of parents feel financial pressure when paying schools fees. Overall, 68 per cent of parents feel…
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News
School-ready means something different to parents, teachers
Teachers just want teachable kids but parents focus more on literacy in the lead-up to children starting school. That was…
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Podcasts
NSW parents angered by schools’ ‘high-pressure tactics’
Has a parent ever complained to you about voluntary school contributions â whether they be excursion, textbook or extracurricular activity-related? If…
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