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Why did early human societies practice violent human sacrifice?

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imageIllustration of ritualised human sacrifice in traditional Hawaiian culture, as documented by the French explorer and artists Jaques Arago in 1819.Arago, Jacques. (1822). Promenade autour du monde: pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820, sur les corvettes du roi l’Uranie et la Physicienne, commandées par M. Freycinet

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Five new frameworks that can drive teacher education reform

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image'For too long schools have been places young people go to watch their teachers work.'from www.shutterstock.com

There have been more than 100 reports critiquing teacher education in Australia since the 1970s.

These reports led to new tests and more accountability standards and measures of teacher behaviours.

Today we have a regulated profession that...

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Newspoll: Labor moves ahead of Turnbull government for the first time

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The Federal government has fallen behind Labor in Newspoll for the first time under Malcolm Turnbull, with the ALP now leading 51-49% on a two-party basis.

The poll, which also shows another slide in the ratings of the Prime Minister, will further unsettle already jittery Coalition members as they confront an expected July 2 double dissolution,...

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