News & Views ‘Too pretty to do math’? Here’s the real reason girls aren’t choosing to study maths Girls can succeed in maths, but outdated stereotypes continue to influence their confidence and future study choices.
News & Views The government wants to save $463m by tightening disability support to school students. What’s going on? If “integrity” is interpreted mainly as tighter surveillance of claims, the practical effect may be more paperwork and more pressure on teachers and families to prove what should already be understood as an educational right, writes Catherine Smith, The University of Melbourne in this article republished from The Conversation.
News & Views New law to ban bullying parents from entering schools A lot of teachers are leaving the sector due to stress and a lack of support in the classrooms. This is just adding to the issue.
News & Views Why are kids still restricted by outdated school uniform rules? Rigid gender stereotypes are still being embedded in the uniforms students, especially at private and religious schools.
News & Views Most girls and young women change their behaviour to avoid harassment, new UK survey shows Two-thirds of girls change their behaviour to avoid sexual harassment, with over half indicating they don’t feel safe on public transport.
News & Views Students from top-performing school accused of racist behaviour, as parents warn it’s ‘gonna get worse’ Students from one of NSW’s top selective state schools have been accused of using derogatory language targeted at other students and parents from different cultural backgrounds.
News & Views ‘We’re broken forever’: Grieving parents of 12-year-old Charlotte demand action from Sydney school after years of bullying The parents of a 12-year old girl who died by suicide in Sydney last week are urging schools to do more to combat bullying.
News & Views ‘A great mathematical achievement’: Two high school students have solved an ‘impossible’ maths problem Two female high school students from Louisiana have derived a new proof for Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometry.
News & Views Male students are exhibiting frequent sexist behaviour towards their teachers, new study shows In South Australia, an ongoing study has revealed disturbing behaviours exhibited by male high school students towards female teachers.
News & Views My son is being misnamed. Here’s why it’s so hurtful Our son is being misnamed at school, called instead by – in the interest of being frank – another brown kid’s name, writes Dr Maitreyi Modak.
News & Views How Andrew Tate’s messaging is driving sexism against female teachers in schools There is a disturbing pattern of sexual harassment, sexism and misogyny perpetrated by boys within school environments, new research looking into the impact Andrew Tate, has found.
News & Views Students killed by extremists in Ugandan school Members of the Islamic State-linked militant group stormed a private secondary school, killing 37 people — many of them students.