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Peter Mellow
August 8, 7:10 PM
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A statewide survey found just three-in-10 educators envisage staying in the public school system until retirement, with 40 per cent already eyeing the exit.
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Peter Mellow
June 18, 10:18 PM
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Female teachers in Australia are reporting horrific cases of misogyny in schools - with increasing reports of teenage boys hurling abuse, threatening violence or simply ignoring or disobeying women in class.
It's called the Andrew Tate effect - after the so-called "manfluencer". But, what impact is it having on women's choices to become teachers? And how can we effectively connect with these young men to cut through to them?
Guest:Bec Sparrow, host of the ABC podcast Parental as Anything Teens
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Peter Mellow
May 25, 6:08 PM
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The futility of Jack’s beating taught me a vital lesson – that violence is the last resort of the incompetent. That lesson has influenced my own parenting, seeking to find non-punitive ways to guide and discipline my two now-teenage children.
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Peter Mellow
April 30, 6:16 PM
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Since February, researchers have been surveying South Australian teachers about sexist views among their students.
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April 8, 5:57 PM
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Even after her death, Lillian Orlich, who served as a teacher and counselor before retiring at the age of 89, is still helping a Virginia school system
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March 15, 7:45 PM
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The federal and NT governments have just made a ‘historic’ funding announcement of about $1 billion for schools in the territory.
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Peter Mellow
February 29, 5:41 PM
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A major analysis has found high school students who receive explicit instruction are months ahead in learning compared with peers.
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Peter Mellow
January 15, 4:51 PM
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A new free history program is available for teachers around Australia to use to help their students understand Indigenous history and the impact of colonisation.
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Peter Mellow
December 29, 2023 5:32 PM
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Increasing the diversity of Australia’s teaching workforce hasn’t been a policy priority. University of Melbourne experts say it’s time for a rethink
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Peter Mellow
December 1, 2023 2:45 PM
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Experts and students with lived experience warn that mainstream classrooms are critically underprepared to educate Australia's expanding cohort of autistic students.
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Peter Mellow
September 25, 2023 10:28 PM
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Suspended for wearing the wrong socks: there’s no way this is ‘preparing children for the world of work’, says business academic André Spicer
School students can fall behind for many reasons. From missing school to learning difficulties and problems at home.
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Peter Mellow
July 3, 2023 7:17 PM
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There are areas of biology that may be considered optional at younger year levels, such as botany, entomology and marine ecosystems. Evolution is not one of these.
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Peter Mellow
July 5, 10:23 PM
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The for-profit private school is looking to the inner west, Sutherland Shire and lower northern beaches named as potential sites for expansion.
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June 16, 12:14 AM
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Freedpeople and their advocates persuaded the nation to embrace schooling for all.
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May 1, 3:26 PM
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Classrooms must be places of learning not conflict, where each child’s individual needs are understood and supported
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April 8, 6:03 PM
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For Grace*, 2023 should have been the pinnacle of her teaching career.Five years after graduating university, she was settling into a full-term contract at her "dream job" on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, teaching at the high school she had attended growing up."I'd travelled around, I'd come back,...
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March 22, 8:42 PM
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A major survey of Australian school principals finds they are copping abuse from parents and students on top of huge workloads. Many experienced leaders say they might leave the profession.
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Peter Mellow
March 5, 4:25 PM
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Enrolling girls will not automatically make a boys school more inclusive. Schools need to look at things such as what is taught, extra-curricular activities and support for students.
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Peter Mellow
February 19, 6:45 PM
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In part two of this series, experts discuss reports of students struggling and teachers being physically attacked in the aftermath of school closures during the pandemic.
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Peter Mellow
January 10, 4:38 PM
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A 92-year-old woman, in an area of India with low literacy rates, is inspiring others to learn how to read and write
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Peter Mellow
December 22, 2023 5:31 PM
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When Sonja White heard many of her first-graders hadn’t flown before, she brought the flying to them.
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Peter Mellow
October 20, 2023 5:41 PM
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Australian classrooms are more disorderly than ever – prompting an intensifying debate about how to control bad behaviour.
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Peter Mellow
September 20, 2023 10:53 PM
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Five years ago, LeBron James set out to fix some of America's most difficult problems. Some question whether the project is living up to its promises.
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Peter Mellow
August 1, 2023 1:08 PM
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I’ll defend active parenting and standing up for your children when they can’t stand up for themselves - but there are limits. Here are mine.
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