Parents and caregivers who home-schooled children during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced significantly higher levels of psychological distress compared to those who didn't, according to a new study by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU).
COVID-19 has brought about disruption on a global scale, and this disruption has been keenly felt in classrooms across the country, as well as here in the ACT, as shutdowns required students to learn from home.
Females who stopped working during COVID-19 are more likely to have taken on unpaid domestic duties and to have stopped looking for paid work than recently unemployed males, who are far more...
ACT Opposition Leader Alistair Coe today alleged the existence of a ‘secret deal’ between the ACT Government and union bosses keeping public schools closed.
While many school children are participating in online learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 40km/h school zone speed limits are back into effect at all ACT schools for the start...
There is scope for some ACT public school students to return earlier than planned if some public health restrictions are loosened in the coming months.
ACT public schools will move to a new remote learning model when term 2 commences that will see most students learning from home for the entire semester.
This week, it’s come to my attention that the current home schooling situation has the potential to provide plenty more hilarious fodder like the 'BBC Dad' viral video.
You know the one;...
ACT public school students in years 4, 5 and 6 will receive Chromebooks from the ACT Government to help ensure families have what they need to continue learning at home.
In a media...
