As school holidays end around Australia, many parents are looking for educational ways to keep their children entertained, write Chris Zomer and Niels Kerssens. If you own an Android device and have young children, you may find yourself browsing Google Play for educational and age-appropriate...
From smartwatches to AI-powered glasses, wearable tech is quietly entering classrooms. While these devices could support learning and wellbeing, experts warn they also raise big questions about privacy, pressure and fairness for students. AI wearables are already in classrooms—whether schools like it or not Could your child’s...
Active zones and mini retreats – Fatemeh Aminpour looks at how to build preschools suitable for neurodivergent kids An estimated 15–20% of children are neurodivergent, with diagnoses rising each year. They may have a neurodevelopmental condition such as autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. We know many neurodivergent children...
As AI tools and instant information reshape how students learn, schools are shifting focus – from catching plagiarism to teaching critical thinking, creativity and the ethical use of sources. From copying to critical thinking For years, plagiarism was treated as a discipline issue—something to catch and penalise....
With Google, YouTube and AI tools at their fingertips, today’s kids can access information instantly—but knowing what counts as their own work is becoming increasingly blurred. Here’s what parents need to understand about plagiarism now. The new reality: information everywhere For today’s students, information isn’t something they...
Families across Australia are already deep into coughs, runny noses and gastro bugs — and for many, it feels relentless. One child returns to care with a sniffle. Within days, half the room is coughing. By the end of the week, siblings, parents and even grandparents...
School breaks make up more than an hour of the school day. Should they be considered part of learning? Asks researcher Brendon Hyndman Most public debate about schooling focuses on what happens inside the classroom – on lessons, tests and academic results. But students also spend significant...
When we think about jobs you can do from home, you may not immediately picture a school teacher, write researchers Fiona Longmuir and Tim Delany, Monash University. But as Victoria debates a new right to work from home, the state’s teachers are asking what this...
NAPLAN is being used by some schools as an entrance exam. This isn’t what it’s designed to do, reports Steven Lewis. School students around Australia have begun their NAPLAN tests this week. Amid technical glitches during the writing component of the exam on Wednesday, there has also...
If school lunch programs are going to work in Australia, families’ support will be crucial, report researchers Brittany Johnson, Alexandra Manson and Rebecca Golley Most Australian children bring their lunch to school through a “lunchbox system”. But there is a growing push for schools to provide students...
