Keep Bangladesh’s grade-wise benchmarks, but refocus them on literacy and numeracy plus problem-solving, reasoning and socio-emotional skills. Teach for meaning and application, and align classroom ...

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Experts say elementary students need to be explicitly taught digital citizenship skills, like healthy media time limits, ...

The head of a NSW inquiry looking into reforms to allow second homes on rural land says it will ease the housing crisis. A leading academic has warned though against cutting up rural land in an ...

Tokyo, Dec. 19 (Jiji Press)--The Institute of Science Tokyo is expected to be the second university eligible to receive aid from a Japanese government-financed 10-trillion-yen fund to support ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

PARIS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The burglars who robbed Paris's Louvre museum benefited from 30 seconds of security lapses that helped ensure their getaway with France's still-missing crown jewels, an ...

TPG chief executive says he has ‘no idea’ why his telco only learned of its customer’s death on Monday Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Anika Wells’ office was wrongly told ...

Testimony by TPG Telecom’s chief executive led to the inquiry’s chair, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, claiming Telstra tried to “cover-up” a triple-0 related death at Wentworth Falls, NSW where a ...

"Me sitting here today probably makes me a bigger target." It was an extraordinary admission from the boss of one of Queensland's largest unions. Summoned to testify at a commission of inquiry into ...

Australian Workers Union state secretary Stacey Schinnerl is walked through other elements of her witness statement. She describes the CFMEU’s “stickering” campaign of Labour Day march routes and cars ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.