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As record-breaking heat grips communities worldwide and Australia prepares for an intense El Niño summer, new research provides the first global review linking high temperatures and heatwaves to poorer mental health in children and young people.
Every August, the same ritual plays out. NAPLAN results are released, and within hours the negative stories emerge.
As governments and technology companies here and overseas move to rebuild public trust in artificial intelligence through new regulation and transparency measures, one educational neuroscientist says they’re addressing only half the problem.
A report last year confirmed what many economists and finance experts have long feared: Australia has failed to build strong foundations in financial literacy across the generations, and it should set off alarm bells across the nation.
A public petition calling for Generative AI to be removed from Australian schools and a return to device-free learning is quickly gaining momentum.
A return to pen and paper testing is among the options being considered by education ministers in a bid to correct plummeting literacy and numeracy results.
Despite some green shoots in Australian students’ numeracy outcomes, this year’s national NAPLAN data has revealed a concerning pocket of decline at Year 3, prompting alarm amongst experts and policymakers.
The Northern Territory Government’s plan for a radical shakeup of teacher regulation risks undermining community confidence in the quality of NT schools, according a chorus of key education stakeholders.
Every year, Australia has the same conversation.
Children watching Australia’s two biggest football codes are being exposed to harmful alcohol advertising at every match.
