A University of South Australia (UniSA) study on school discipline discourse found 'gaps' in the NSW behaviour strategy, and said suspending students could exacerbate bad behaviour in disadvantaged kids who need more support in the classroom. The study said that ...

The expanded disciplinary powers Queensland principals were recently granted are harmful and failing against their intended aim, an expert has argued. Professor Linda Graham, a researcher in inclusive education at the Queensland University of Technology, critiqued the 2014 decision by ...

  Principals will no longer have to meet with parents first. By Antonia Maiolo. Victorian school principals will be given the power to suspend disobedient students without facing parents under tough new guidelines that come into effect in March. Students ...