GOVERNMENT and health organisations are urging parents to ditch the car and make the school run on foot as study finds that less than half of kids who live within a 15-minute walk of their school actually walk there.
SOMEONE else sitting the exam, electronic devices and answers up their sleeves: weapons in the arsenals of HSC cheats.
CHILDREN were once seen and not heard. Now they are seen all the time, heard by everyone and any move to limit their right to cause a ruckus starts a war.
TEACHERS of gifted kids, high-IQ students themselves and education experts give us their top tips for academic success.
IT’S a nervous time for thousands of kindergarten children – but nothing compared to the anxiety of their parents on the first day of school.
COMING up with clever lunch ideas for kids is always a challenge.
MILLIONS of families across Australia have received money from the new Schoolkids Bonus scheme to ease the financial burden. But is it enough?
CREATE healthy meals for your family, then turn the leftovers into nutritious school lunches.
PARENTS are sometimes so embarrassed about admitting their children have head lice they are refusing to tell the school principal about an infestation.
PRIVATE investigators hired to catch parents who use false addresses to secure their child’s place in schools.
THE cost of educating a child through public school is almost $65,000 – with hidden fees for excursions, technology and extracurricular activities.
SCOTT Maloney has always stood out. He suffers from a disorder that affects his speech and slows his learning. But the popular kids embraced him with a touching gesture.
THOUSANDS of children are being held back for a second shot at four-year-old kindergarten every year, with boys more likely to have to repeat.
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