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From left, Sophie, Jason, Ben, Suzie and Cam eat plenty of vegetables with dinner.

Vegetables linked to higher NAPLAN scores

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Principals will be encouraged to get the health checks every second year..

Mother convicted, fined $500 after children skip school

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The simple way to connect with your son

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Christian Bucks with his 'buddy bench'.

Second-grader stamps out loneliness in the playground with a 'buddy bench'

Christian Bucks, a second-grader from York in America, came up with a heart-warming idea to ensure children in his schoolyard need never feel lonely again.

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What is your child’s learning style?

Just like personalities, people have different learning styles. By understanding how your child learns you can help them get the most out of their schooling.

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Preparing for NAPLAN

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ethics

A question of ethics

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engaged school child

Engaged children lead successful lives

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Overworked Kids

The importance of failure

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Selective schools: Lessons we can take from Canada.

Why Australia should have fewer selective schools

When the gap between good and bad schools widens, so does the social class of its students, to the detriment of society.

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My child deserves better than to be taught by you

To have such an important and large role in a child's life should be an honour not a cross you have to bear.

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All children should receive weekly 'happiness' lessons from the age of five

A new study is calling for a change in education so that “life skills” are given the same attention as reading and writing.

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Children at Alphington Primary school sitting the Naplan test.

NAPLAN writing test to change after controversy

The writing question in this year's NAPLAN test will be different for primary and high school students.

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Greg Wickherst with his daughter Izzy.

Single dad went to beauty school to learn how to do his daugher's hair

When Greg Wickherst became a single dad, he realised he was going to need help tackling his daughter Izzy's hair.

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Running-writing dropped: Finland is replacing cursive writing for typing lessons.

Finland scraps cursive writing lessons in favour of typing classes

Cursive handwriting classes will be scrapped in favour of computer typing classes in Finnish primary schools.

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Creativity corner: Girl, 9, writes dark poem.

9-year-old girl writes poem dark beyond her years

The Los Angeles Times published the poem by Gabi, 9, in its "Creativity corner" and in contrast to the other young writers, it's quite grim.

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Eliza Medina was forced to lower her pants at school.

School students forced to drop pants for inspection

A Texas elementary school has forced children to remove their pants after fecal matter was left on the floor of the school's gym.

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Inspired: The teachers that change us.

A tribute to my inspirational teachers

Everyone has at least one - a teacher from their past who they credit with changing both their outlook on education and life as a whole.

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Tutoring students: Why it isn't always necessary.

The problem with tutoring

It seems parents are commonly employing tutors to help their children keep up or get ahead of peers but is the extra cost really warranted?

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Study reveals public schools are as good as private.

Public schools are as good as private: study

Public schools are just as good as private schools in getting results with students from similar socio-economic backgrounds, a study has found.

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