Tag: COVID-19 and schools
Australian children are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality
Victorian students are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality. Our year-long analysis of Victorian primary and secondary school classrooms has found the...
Coronavirus: is it safe for kids to go back to school? And what about...
A year ago, in late January 2020, Australia reported its first cases of COVID-19. Since then, we have seen almost 29,000 confirmed cases and...
Children may transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults: what we now know...
The role children, and consequently schools, play in the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard to work out, but that puzzle is now finally starting...
Is learning more important than well-being? Teachers told us how COVID highlighted ethical dilemmas...
As an educational ethicist, I research teachers’ ethical obligations. These can include their personal ethics such as protecting students from harm, respect for justice...
Victoria’s money for tutors is necessary, but there are 5 things it needs to...
Victorian Education Minister, James Merlino, announced A$250 million on Wednesday for 4,100 tutors to be deployed across Victorian schools from the first term in...
Behind Victoria’s decision to open primary schools to all students: report shows COVID transmission...
At the weekend, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews announced all the state’s primary school kids would return to school for Term 4. This is an...
