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More evidence that school phone bans help students’ well-being

On the heels of wider acceptance of school phone bans and taking “digital breaks,” South Australian experts have produced more evidence of the potential benefits to student well-being, mental health outcomes and their overall lived […]

Bright children from poorer backgrounds twice as likely to receive mental health treatment than affluent high-achievers

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Bright children from poorer backgrounds are twice as likely to be admitted to hospital with mental health problems than high-achievers with affluent upbringings.This post was originally published on this site

Students in England and Australia are supposedly poor at learning languages. Our research shows this isn’t true

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Australia and England are both multicultural countries where hundreds of languages are spoken. However, in both, levels of language learning at school are worryingly low.This post was originally published on this site

AI tool built for learners supports learning better than ChatGPT

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Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Most people probably recognize that by now. But there is still skepticism about the use of AI in many areas. One of them is education.This post was originally published […]

Young children are not the main drivers of language change, theoretical study suggests

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For more than a century, scholars have repeated a powerful idea: that the mistakes children make when learning to speak are the seeds of language change.This post was originally published on this site

New research shows Year 12 students face many pressures—far beyond study and exams

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The federal government wants to increase the number of Australians who complete tertiary study from 60% to 80% by 2050.This post was originally published on this site

New research reveals hidden burden on teachers supporting students with chronic pain

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A new study from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) highlights the emotional and mental toll on teachers managing student pain in classrooms and calls for systemic change to better support both educators and students.This […]

How do we get more Year 12s doing math?

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Mathematics has been the broccoli of school subjects for generations of Australian teenagers.This post was originally published on this site

AI could one day replace tutors, but its reliability still lags

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Artificial intelligence has become an integral part of many people’s everyday lives. Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot write letters and term papers for them, give tips for excursions on holiday […]

The gender gap in math widened in the pandemic. Schools are trying to make up lost ground

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Crowded around a workshop table, four girls at de Zavala Middle School puzzled over a Lego machine they had built. As they flashed a purple card in front of a light sensor, nothing happened.This post […]

From job ads to press releases: AI-written content rises sharply across multiple sectors

Since 2022, American companies, consumers, and even the United Nations have used large language models—artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT that are trained to create text that reads like human-generated writing. In a study [...]
Childhood wealth and social status can help people get leadership roles in adulthood

Consider two teenagers searching for summer work. One is offered an opportunity to assist a project manager at their uncle’s construction company. The other submits a dozen retail applications, hoping for a call back. Who [...]
Rural Nebraskans have different priorities regarding trade policy

Rural Nebraskans continue to value protecting American jobs, creating choices for consumers and fostering political relationships with other countries as important components of U.S. trade policy, according to the 2025 Nebraska Rural Poll. Amid ongoing [...]