These five things are collected from my numerous conversations and debates during the past few months about the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for schools, teachers, students and parents.
Nine out of ten teachers and principals in Australia have seen an increase in the number of students with emotional, social and behavioural challenges compared to just five years ago.
Children are too often turning to Siri for answers to questions and becoming distracted with computer games at a time when the COVID-19 crisis has meant they need to be more immersed in digital learning than ever before.
As the world embarks on the biggest educational experiment in history with remote learning, a major new study has unearthed troubling findings about the impact technology is having on kids health.
We all know healthy children learn better. Healthy school lunch served free to every Australian child would be a simple way to improve education and child wellbeing.
When people overseas ask me about Australian schools, I tell them that we have some of the best schools in the world — but they are not for all of our children.
"I'm bored!" It's the catchcry every parent loathes, especially four weeks into the six week summer school holiday break. But education academics say the so-called iPad generation needs to experience boredom, because it is vital to learning.
A "back to basics" response to the latest PISA results is wrong and ignores the other data Australia has spent more than 10 years obsessing about – NAPLAN.
International test results reveal Australian students perform no better academically if they attend a private school over a public school once socio-economic background is taken into account.