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A new framework for learning through play has been developed to support teachers in the classroom and help guide policy and practice in the early years of schooling. The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and the LEGO Foundation have worked together to develop the framework.

Additional Needs Coordinator Sue Pickett shares a study planner she created with her team at Eltham High School in Victoria, Australia, to support teachers in assisting students with additional needs.

In the first of our ‘10 questions with…’ series featuring leading education figures, Editor Jo Earp talks to Dr Rukmini Banerji about receiving the prestigious Yidan Prize, changes in school education in India over the years, and the urgent tasks facing teachers as they continue to support student learning during the pandemic.

Students have a diverse range of personal and contextual factors that influence their access to and achievement in their education. A new global study calls for a re-evaluation of education systems to promote personalised education.

Events of the last two years have forced teachers and principals to think differently about how they can continue to best meet the needs of students and their families. In the third article in our series on ‘Learning during in the pandemic’ we speak to award-winning principal Suruchi Gandhi.

We know that participating in sport and physical activity benefits health and wellbeing. New research analysing global data has found it also has a small positive effect on students’ academic performance, particularly in mathematics and science.

The Responses to Educational Disruption Survey (REDS) explores how the pandemic has impacted lower secondary education, investigating how 11 countries approached the challenge of ensuring continuity in teaching and learning during the disruption. Find out more about insights from the survey in today's infographic.

In the latest instalment of our series on ‘Learning during the pandemic’, Head of DLF World School and science educator Dimple Puri discusses flexible assessments for online teaching, with examples from her own classroom.

‘In these pandemic times, where classes are still online or in hybrid mode in a few schools, the task of teaching has become trickier.’ In this reader submission, Geeta Gujral says schooling during COVID has brought with it the need to shift focus, beyond delivery of curriculum content.

School playgroups benefit children, their families, schools and communities. New research has identified six key features of high-performing school playgroups – how many of the six does your school playgroup have?