Developmental language disorder or DLD is a lifelong disorder that affects language comprehension and expression. People with DLD find it more difficult to say what they mean and to understand others. About two students in every classroom of 30 will have DLD, so it is about as common as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and much more common than autism. […] … learn more→

Plagiarism is a serial killer that killed the career of thousands of students in almost every corner of the world. Avoid plagiarism throughout your academic career and good news is that avoiding plagiarism is not a tricky thing to handle. You can do it quite easily if you follow some expert advice or techniques. Why […] … learn more→

Chess has recently been in the news far more than usual. First, there was the runaway success of the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit. That made chessboards the new toilet paper as retailers and manufacturers struggled to meet the demand. Now there’s a high-profile cheating scandal rocking the chess world. But amid those headlines, the best recent chess news […] … learn more→

Last week, the Productivity Commission released a major report on how to improve Australia’s school and university sectors. “Education is ripe for disruption”, deputy chair Alex Robson said. The commission suggests longer schooldays, online classes taught by qualified teachers, and streaming students into ability groups to improve Australia’s educational performance. But while these ideas may work well for […] … learn more→

Sexuality is an inherent dimension of the human being. He accompanies him from his conception to the end of his days. For this reason, sex education is a fundamental need that not only has to be a family matter, but must also be approached from schools. Typically, education focuses on the more biological aspect of sexuality: genitalia […] … learn more→

Pupils designated as “with special educational needs” are children who “find it significantly more difficult to learn than the majority of children of the same age when they are in a particular situation or suffer from a handicap which prevents or hinders them in their learning. Their schooling is a major concern for all education systems, as recalled […] … learn more→

This week, year 12 students in New South Wales will begin their final exams, with students in other states soon to follow. This can be one of the most stressful times in a students’ life. It can also be very stressful for parents trying to support their children. But there is a superpower in the arsenal […] … learn more→

When the federal government set up boarding schools in the 19th century to assimilate Native American children into American culture, one of the objectives was to get them to turn away from the use of their native languages. In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the U.S., The Conversation turned to Daryl Baldwin, a citizen […] … learn more→

In his Poetic Art , Horace coined that maxim that said: Prodesse et delectare , which has been commonly translated into Spanish as “teaching delighting”. This Horatian idea, widely rooted, supports the idea that literature should be a source of knowledge and, in turn, of pleasure. If children’s literature has a prodigious entity within general literature, with its own characteristics that differentiate […] … learn more→

Aotearoa New Zealand’s high school teachers’ union recently approved a policy to end streaming – also known as “ability grouping” – in New Zealand high schools by 2030. The primary teachers’ union NZEI Te Riu Roa took a similar stance in March 2021. Supporters of streaming argue it enables teachers to focus on learning that is most appropriate for the particular achievement level of […] … learn more→