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From World Class to World Leading: SA schools are on the right track

Education HQ December 23 202

I didn’t feel alone’: how governments can help schools address school refusal

Research suggests schools need to be empowered to listen to students who are disengaging with school and respond in flexible ways.

July 5, 2023

Parents have just started their own school in Sydney – this is part of a long tradition in Australia

Parents have created schools to cater to their own religious and philosophical beliefs. Or to focus on the particular needs of their children and communities.

June 8, 2023

20% of Australian students don’t finish high school: non-mainstream schools have a lot to teach us about helping kids stay

Our work with ‘special assistance schools’ shows how we can retain and engage students if they are treated with more respect and given more choice in the senior years.

February 27, 2023

School attendance rates are dropping. We need to ask students why

Today Australia’s education ministers are meeting and school attendance is high on the agenda. Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has repeatedly flagged this as one of his key concerns.

November 11, 2019

Are flexible learning options giving schools a convenient way out of taking responsibility for ‘difficult’ students?

Nigel Howard, University of South Australia; Andrew Bills, Flinders University, and David Armstrong, RMIT University

Thousands of Australian students are disengaged from school and leave early. Governments have provided alternative learning options for these students, but are these having unintended consequences?