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Imagine a student working on an assignment and they are stuck. Their lecturer or tutor is not available. Or maybe […]

The government wants secondary schools to play a bigger role in preparing students for the working world by building vocational

Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities

This year Australia has seen a horrific string of reports and allegations about abuse and neglect in childcare centres. Families

Helena Lopes/Pexels , CC BY In less than four months, world-first legislation will ban Australian under-16s from certain social media

Statistics showing Indigenous school students in a negative light are regularly reported in the Australian media and policy debates. We

Thurtell/Getty Images One student was routinely punished for her “ADHD behaviours” at school, another was locked in a classroom, while

SolStock/Getty Images Many families find feeding children a constant challenge. A favourite food is suddenly refused, someone is grumpy after

Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock Bullying in schools can can have a devastating impact on victims. Research shows it can lead

As New Zealanders digest the news about government plans to scrap NCEA from 2028, we should also consider the role

Getty Images This week’s major overhaul of the NCEA qualification system isn’t just about measuring academic achievement at secondary school.

Natalia Lebedinskaia/ Getty Images Child safety and wellbeing is never far from the headlines, and no more so than recently,