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Monash University, Melbourne
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New pub from @AlmaHarris1 and @MichelleSJones1 on Researching school leadership – methodological considerations and possibilities
#leadership #openaccess
New: Researching school leadership – methodological considerations and possibilities tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… Free to download & share. @CIRLE_CMet @slamjrnl @MichelleSJones1 @donnieadamz1 @CeciliaAzorin @PCampbell91 @alangorman22 @sumtales @BelmasLPDRIG @ICSEIglobal @ICSEI_ELN
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Publication alert @JournalMoralEd bit.ly/4yLBjeI AI can be useful in moral education but cannot completely replace human educators because 1. cannot be authentic model for responsibility taking and growth for flourishing; 2. cannot promote sense of agency and autonomy.
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Schools are only as strong as their teachers. But the latest data show shortages are widespread.
In some countries, up to 4% of teaching positions were vacant as the academic year began, leaving schools relying on non-fully qualified staff.
Learn more: oecd.org/en/publications/edu…
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AI can be a powerful equalizer for girls' learning — but only by design. Strong safeguards, closed digital divides, & girls as architects (not just users) of #AI in education.
#UNGA81 #UNGEI #AIinEducation
How to stay smart in the age of AI: the science of critical thinking nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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AERA has launched both the 2026 Online Paper Repository and the 2026 i-Presentation Gallery, providing open access to research presented at #AERA2026. Learn more here! aera.net/Newsroom/AERA-Highl…
School leadership, communities and crises: a collaborative autoethnographic exploration of humanism as professional and community capital
emerald.com/qrj/article/doi/…
An earlier piece on Hopeful leadership and reciprocity: one woman’s narrative as school founder, owner and leader in Bangladesh emerald.com/jea/article/64/2…
New pub proposing a framework for hopeful leadership as intersectional practice in increasingly VUCA contexts.
Thrilled to be contributing to the Special Issue in Strategy & Leadership @EmeraldGlobal
emerald.com/sl/article/doi/1…
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Teachers with hybrid instruction in predominantly Black and Latine schools were given less adequate resources and had heavier workloads according to research in @ERjournal_AERA. Read the full study: journals.sagepub.com/stoken/…
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We’re thrilled to share that the Monash Faculty of Education has risen four places to #6 globally and retained its position as #1 in Australia in the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2026.
This achievement reflects the dedication and excellence of our entire community. It recognises our global leadership in teaching, research impact, and international outlook, while reinforcing our commitment to shaping the future of education.
A huge thank you to our staff, students, alumni, and partners who make achievements like this possible.
Want to learn more? Visit monash.edu/education/about/r…
@ShanghaiRanking
#GlobalRankings #ResearchExcellence
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Public service announcement: if you want to use PISA scores to identify particular jurisdictional policies as the reason for success, you need to be sure that you have controlled for things that are nothing to do with teachers, schools, and policymakers (like private tuition).
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New 'strategies' won't help. Resources for the front line for pupils & their teachers/leaders/ support staff, & fewer initiatives/projects/platitudes/policy shifts that make 0 difference to learners. Time to put Learners in Wales First. It is that simple @CIRLE_CMet @WG_Education
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Death is biological—but how we understand it, prepare for it, care, grieve and talk about it is profoundly social.
Join academics, practitioners & the public for a free conversation at UNSW.
📅 14 Sept | 4–6pm
Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/talking-…
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🔔CLD's Speaker Series: "From “EDI” to Community and Belonging: Intersectional Praxis, Relational Leadership, and the Co-Creation of Just Communities," to be presented by Dr. Moussa Magassa on September 30, 2026 @ 2:00 pm EDT (on Zoom)
utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
@DrAnnLopez
A full circle moment to be able to return to Vietnam as a hub for international education, and work with Dr Nguyen Thi Quynh Lam on this chapter looking at integration curriculum and international schools.
#internationaleducation
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A new article in AERA Open found a positive relationship between the share of ethnoracially matched teachers and student attendance rate and GPA for Asian and Latine students and a negative relationship for Black students, while likelihood of student college enrollment was not related to the porportion of teachers. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
interesting study on social media access and standardised test outcomes
Students who open a personal social media account earlier in adolescence appear to perform worse in later standardised tests, according to a study in Nature Human Behaviour based on 5,227 Italian students. go.nature.com/4c07eyN
ALT This is figure 1, which shows exposure to technology during primary, lower- and upper-secondary school, box plot.