By Cornelia Schneider, Professor, Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
Inclusive education doesn’t just mean placing disabled children with their non-disabled peers, but re-organizing teaching and learning in the classroom.
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By Shelley Inglis, Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University
Once a democracy starts to erode, it can be difficult to reverse the trend. What does it take for democracies to bounce back from periods of autocratic rule?
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By Amélie Godefroidt, Assistant Professor in Conflict Management, IÉSEG School of Management; KU Leuven
Across the world, the question of how to deal with former fighters remains urgent. From Nigeria and Iraq to Syria and the Sahel, governments are wrestling with how to bring people who once fought for violent groups back into society. Reintegrating ex-fighters – after appropriate punishment – is unavoidable. This is because alternatives such as indefinite detention, capital punishment or abandonment are unsustainable and risk fuelling future cycles of violence.
Yet local communities often seem to resist…
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By Alex Lenferna, Research fellow, University of Fort Hare
Recycling and cutting personal waste isn’t enough. Polluters must be regulated, and reparations paid by companies that have harmed the environment.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Barnaby Joyce is a natural-born disruptor. He also always wants to be the head of the pack, and in the spotlight.
As Nationals MP Michael McCormack puts it, “he likes to be in charge, leading, in control”.
Taking into account his character, temperament and circumstances, it is unsurprising Joyce is kicking the Nationals in the shins, stepping out of their party room, and keeping people guessing whether his flirtation with One Nation will turn into a marriage.
Joyce has had two turns at being Nationals leader. Now he is on the backbench, after being confined at…
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By Matthew White, Lecturer and Researcher in Inclusive Education, Australian Catholic University
Paul Kidson, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
Over the weekend, the federal government released its rapid review into school bullying.
Authored by clinical psychologist Charlotte Keating and suicide prevention expert Jo Robinson, the review received more than 1,700 submissions from parents, students, teachers and school staff. The majority were from parents.
Amid ongoing…
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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Nearly 70,000 women in Afghanistan tune in to Radio Femme – an all-female-run online and traditionally broadcast radio station which brings education and awareness of rights to women and girls across the province.
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By Daniel J. Mallinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State
Pennsylvania has been without a state budget for over 100 days, and House Democrats and Senate Republicans are $3 billion apart on how much should be spent.
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By Abhimanyu Bandyopadhyay
"The struggle never ended. Bangladeshi women have been on the battlefield since 1971; July simply reconnected us with that rebellious past. If needed, we’ll return to the streets."
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By Hong Kong Free Press
Around 20 percent of secondary school students in Hong Kong exhibit moderate to severe depression, anxiety, and stress, but nearly half are reluctant to reach out when facing mental health issues.
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