Pupil-free days help foster better outcomes

Pupil-free days help foster better outcomes

I really scratch my head at the attitude towards teachers that some parents display. They all want what is best for their child but they can’t seem to connect the dots between better-prepared quality teachers and better outcomes for all students.

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Clinton weaves his magic but Trump’s support from black men ‘boggles the mind’

Clinton weaves his magic but Trump’s support from black men ‘boggles the mind’

The former president’s famous charisma was on display in Arizona amid more polls showing significant support for Donald Trump among black men.

  • byMichael Koziol
Harris’ early career:Prosecutor by day,socialite by night

Harris’ early career:Prosecutor by day,socialite by night

During Kamala Harris’ formative years,in her 20s and 30s,her life ran along two tracks that proved pivotal to her political ascendancy.

  • byTim Arango andHeather Knight
DNC 2024 day 3 as it happened:Harris’ running mate Tim Walz accepts VP nomination;Bill Clinton,Nancy Pelosi speak

DNC 2024 day 3 as it happened:Harris’ running mate Tim Walz accepts VP nomination;Bill Clinton,Nancy Pelosi speak

Day three of the Democratic National Convention has wrapped up in Chicago,with Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz formally accepting his nomination.

  • byNick Ralston,Farrah Tomazin andEliza Sum
Can Kamala slay the vampire? I asked Obama’s vote-whisperer

Can Kamala slay the vampire? I asked Obama’s vote-whisperer

Kamala Harris may have had “the best month in modern American political history”,but Jim Messina thinks she’s still a long way from winning the White House.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Seventy years on,Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol

Seventy years on,Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol

Australia’s longest-serving Labor prime minister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1953 and 1956. In 1954,he drank a yard of ale.

  • byRob Harris
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Trump convictions should be a tombstone for his career

Trump convictions should be a tombstone for his career

Donald Trump’s conviction should have been the end of his political career. But these are not normal times.

  • byThe Herald's View
Why do Bible-bashing Republicans love sinful Trump? Because he won’t do a Nixon

Why do Bible-bashing Republicans love sinful Trump? Because he won’t do a Nixon

For the hard right of the Republican Party,disgraced president Richard Nixon made only one mistake:resigning. Their new hero would never do that.

  • byBill Wyman
Can Trump survive a Stormy sex scandal? Just ask Bill Clinton

Can Trump survive a Stormy sex scandal? Just ask Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton accustomed the American people to political scandal. Donald Trump may benefit from their consequent ambivalence to politicians behaving badly.

  • byNick Bryant
‘Numbers don’t lie’:Biden outpaces Trump in fundraising,enlists big guns for more

‘Numbers don’t lie’:Biden outpaces Trump in fundraising,enlists big guns for more

With seven months until the US election,Democrats hoped a single,star-studded event would add a record $US25 million to their war chest.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Palestinians and Israelis have been coexisting in peace for years. Their leaders have failed them

Palestinians and Israelis have been coexisting in peace for years. Their leaders have failed them

There are many examples of Israelis and Palestinians uniting through what they have in common,not what they differ on. In these environments,people see humanity.

  • byTim Costello