16 October, 2008 — Ten years after graduation, high-school students who had been rated as conscientious and cooperative by their teachers were earning more than classmates who had similar test scores but fewer social skills, said a new University of Illinois study.  ...read more »

Authors: Justin W. Patchin & Sameer Hinduja

This new book provides proactive guidelines to help identify cyberbullying warning signs and prevent inappropriate behaviors. Focusing on the kinds of hurtful behaviors youth may experience online, this resource provides educators with information, guidelines, and resources to identify and respond effectively to cyberbullying and give students the protection they need.

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October 2008 A new study of young Australians’ perceptions of the career advice received in secondary school has found that almost all students access career advice between Years 10 and 12 and believe the information provided met their individual needs.  ...read more »

29 September, 2008     Support is on the way for secondary school students struggling with literacy, thanks to a new UniSA and Flinders University joint research project.

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September 2008      The first few weeks of middle school are a frenzy of friends, parties, and school events. It's also time for parents to start talking with their kids about the dangers of drinking alcohol, according to The Science Inside Alcohol Project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).  ...read more »

5 September, 2008    Most parents and many teachers believe that if middle-school and high-school girls show no interest in science or math, there's little anyone can do about it.  New research by a team that includes vocational psychologists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) indicates that the self-confidence instilled by parents and teachers is more important for young girls learning math and science than their initial interest.  ...read more »

All Kinds of Minds Institute     The start of a new school year can also signal new learning issues for students or a return of past problems—especially for students who have trouble paying attention, according to the All Kinds of Minds institute.

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18 August, 2008     To talk about photosynthesis, you need to know a little Latin, a bit of French, some Greek, a word coined by a pair of French chemists in the 19th century, and a word of ancient origin that has been adopted and adapted by scientists around the world.

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5 September, 2008     Middle school children who have a television or computer in their room sleep less during the school year, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net more than their peers who don't – reveals joint research conducted by the University of Haifa and Jezreel Valley College.

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The Victorian Parents Council (A Voice for Non-Government School Parents)     As parents many of us struggle with the idea of whether we are doing the right thing by sending our child off to school or preschool or keeping them back for another year. What we have to realise is that every child is an individual – each has strengths and weaknesses and each develops at a different rate.  ...read more »