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They are crucial milestones that could alter Australia’s future: the first 1000 days of a child’s life and a gap of 30 million words by the time children turn three. This is why.
Work has begun on a national universal early childhood education system in a social reform hailed as big as Medicare and compulsory superannuation.
Secondary schoolteacher Tim Longstaff has been teaching for 14 years but says he’s ready to quit – joining a national exodus of teachers leaving the profession.
Early childcare centres in South Australia are failing to meet quality standards with one expert saying many across Australia are little more than “babysitting”.
Australia’s shocking results in the well-regarded PISA report highlights the need for major reform of our education system.
A NAPLAN analysis has revealed schools and students treat their final year at primary school as a ‘gap year’ amid calls for an overhaul of the national testing system that could reverse Australia’s sliding grades.
Early learning in Australia is lagging behind other developed countries, a new report card from the peak early childhood advocacy has found.
Sexist household chores need to be given the “Slip, Slop, Slap” treatment, gender experts calling for a national campaign say.
Basketball courts and cricket nets at schools across Adelaide are lying empty with students forgetting how to play basic ball games.
Australia’s increasingly cutthroat schooling system is prompting families to hire governesses to help their children survive.
In a billion-dollar wakeup call on the state of Australian children’s mental health, a shock report has called for very early screening for signs of anxiety or depression.
A landmark $35 million Australian study is set to investigate the damaging effects of children’s smartphone usage, as concerns about the links to anxiety, insomnia and poor physical health grow.
From 2020, preschools, kindergartens and day care centres with 60 or more children must have two qualified early childhood teachers instead of one — but are there enough staff for the extra jobs?
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