Stress is common among teachers, and recent reports suggest it’s getting worse, write researchers Rebecca J. Collie and Caroline F. Mansfield We need to understand the sources of this stress to improve support for teachers. Growing teacher shortages in Australia underscore the need for this support. It...
This is why it matters – and we can do something about it, write researchers Linda J. Graham Callula Killingly Jenna Gillett-Swan and Penny Van Bergen “School SUX!” We’ve all heard it and some of us have felt it. It’s such a common sentiment that parents and teachers...
Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children’s learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up, reports Rebecca Mitchell and Anne McMaugh NAPLAN scores can tell us about a child’s learning, but can they also help us to support learners who...
More rented, more mortgaged, less owned, writes researcher Rachel Ong ViforJ On the surface, the latest census tells us home ownership has changed little over the past five years. Between the 2016 census and this census in 2021, the share of Australians owning their homes remained...
Louise Hartley laments the erosion in social mores, and finds a trip to the ballet with her children an extremely exasperating excursion. It was my children’s first trip to the ballet. As we found our seats, I explained to them the importance of being quiet and...
Sarah Halfpenny reflects on some of the more character-building experiences of her life. My first face-to-face encounter with Hector the Road Safety Cat was not a good one. Despite his daily televised preachings of road awareness in an attempt to save young lives, he almost cost...
Shutterstock by Wes Mountain, The Conversation More than 25 million people Australians sat down on (or around) Tuesday August 20 last year to complete their census. Despite our borders still largely being closed, that was an 8.6% increase in the number of people completing the census in 2021...
How do we protect kids from abuse in sport, writes Blake Bennett, without creating a ‘culture of suspicion’ that ruins it for everyone? Although sport is often touted as a vehicle for positive experiences, many investigations into sporting cultures – particularly high performance sport – have...
‘Tapping into children’s most instinctive desire to play outside is the greatest opportunity parents have to foster a lifelong connection to nature, and it’s protection,’ writes Lukas Ritson It’s hard to ignore the urgency of climate change action. As parents, we want to inspire change for...
The school holidays are upon us, World Animal Protection is reminding families that keeping tiny animal lovers happy doesn’t have to break the bank. The global animal charity is encouraging parents to explore the wonders of Aussie wildlife, in the best place of all, the wild. Here...
