Huge variance found in aspirations of school-leavers, depending on where they study
Schools can be hugely influential in students' choices about higher education, irrespective of the grades they achieve, research has found.
Schools can be hugely influential in students' choices about higher education, irrespective of the grades they achieve, research has found.
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Aug 9, 2018
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A campaign to raise $10 billion to ensure that every child gets a secondary school education by 2030 has received support from the U.N. chief, global and regional banks, and 11.5 million young people who are calling for the ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2018
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A UK-wide study of children's reading habits has found that Scottish secondary school pupils, like their peers in other countries, are not reading challenging enough books.
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2018
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A new report into secondary school students' sexual health has found that fifteen percent of students were sent unwanted sexually explicit material.
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2016
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As a child growing up on a farm, I was fascinated by the night sky. I could identify all the constellations, and I'd gaze up at them, trying to get my mind around interstellar distances.
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2016
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Many teachers complain about their marking workload, but new research finds there is little evidence to show whether many of the approaches currently adopted are a good use of teachers' time.
Social Sciences
May 2, 2016
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It can take young people up to a decade to secure a stable and meaningful job after leaving secondary school, according to Australia's most comprehensive youth trends study, the Life Patterns project.
Social Sciences
Dec 3, 2015
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Before you shirk canteen duty (again), consider your kids.
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2015
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No more sleeping in.
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2015
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The age-old classroom biology experiment of dissecting a real frog can now be replaced with dissecting a virtual frog on an interactive whiteboard. But does this change to so-called "smartboard" technology in high schools ...
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2015
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