Andrew Fuller’s Tips on How to Study and Increase Your Marks
With the exam season approaching, here's some great advice on how to get the most out of your study time, in this repost of Andrew Fuller's popular article.
Chief Scientist: What Our Children Need to Know
Australia's Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel makes the case for teaching children subject content - concepts, facts and principles - and not just generic soft skills.
Best of the Web: Helping School Refusers, Let your Kids Fail, and Why Lying is Normal
Our selection of thought-provoking and useful articles from around the web on educating and raising children.
School Starting Age: Questions Parents can Ask
The 'right' age to start school varies for each child, writes Kimberley Pressick-Kilborn. What happens at the school when a child gets there is more important.
Best of the Web: the Perils of a Teenage Daughter, Put Down your Phone, the Value of Chatting to Kids, and Compassion Lessons from a Crazed Seagull
The rollercoaster ride of parenting a teenage daughter, why screen use affects parenting, and the importance of how you talk to your child.
Good Policy, not Base Politics, should Decide School Funding
A proposed new funding model leaves unanswered crucial questions about the impact on individual schools, writes Michelle Green, Chief Executive of Independent Schools Victoria.