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Posted by Media Releases | ACER on 18 May 2012 • Categorized as Media Releases

  • Only 25% of students regularly walk to school
    As children around Australia gear up for National Walk Safely to School Day tomorrow, research released today by ACER shows that while boys have slightly greater awareness of road safety rules, girls are more likely to obey them.

    The research, by ACER Research Fellow Ms Catherine Underwood, examined whether walking to school has an effect on children’s physical activity and ability to move through their neighbourhood without adult supervision, also known as independent mobility.

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