Tensions between teacher preparation programs identified

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study conducted by researchers in Penn State's College of Education and College of Health and Human Development identifies several challenges and tensions for Early Childhood Education teacher education ...

Companion robots could help our rural schools

Companion robots could be used in rural schools to help motivate students to study science and technology, and to provide comfort, according to University of Auckland research.

Children in foster care at educational disadvantage

Many of the 48,000 Australian children in foster care may struggle to reach national literacy and numeracy benchmarks, could be at higher risk than their peers of becoming disengaged with schooling, being suspended or expelled, ...

Australia left for dust on early childhood education

A new McKell Institute report shows Australia is being left behind by other developed nations that treat childcare as a vital early childhood education opportunity for all, and not simply 'babysitting' for mothers returning ...

Outcomes for children in 'preschool for all' differ by class

A paper released today by the Brookings Institution finds that the outcomes for children participating in "preschool for all" programs are starkly different for children from poor- versus middle- and upper-income families. ...

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