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Anna Sullivan, Professor and Director, Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, University of South Australia

If Australian schools want to improve student discipline, they need to address these 5 issues

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NSW is in the middle of overhauling its approach to suspensions and expulsions.

Under a proposed plan due to start in term 4, students can only be sent home a maximum of three times a year. This is designed to reduce the high number of sanctions against vulnerable children in public schools. But it has been met with opposition from teachers, who say it will increase safety risks when managing disruptive students.

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