Australia is slipping behind East Asian school systems, with students in Shanghai sometimes outperforming our pupils by up to three years, according to a new report.
The Grattan Institute report revealed that although substantial increases in school funding have occurred in OECD countries between 2000 and ...
More than 500 primary and high school students around the country have participated in a competition to help foster greater awareness about healthy relationships and respect.
Social media platforms have hit out at an incoming age limit for Australian children after laws passed federal parliament.
Laws to give South Australian schools greater powers to manage violent and abusive parents have been introduced in state parliament.
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s (VCAA) bungling of this year’s VCE exams has involved not just a technical breach – it’s effectively violated the trust of teachers and school leaders in the system, an expert and educator have w...
Identifying some gaps in maths achievement across schools, the Farm Cove Community of Learning have sprung into action, with an initiative they’ve called Growing Great Teachers.
All Australian schools should rigorously teach the skill of debating to counter the nation’s longstanding decline in language competency and ensure students have the intellectual fortitude to uphold our free and civil society in the future, a new ...
Climate change anxiety is a growing threat to young people’s mental health, with three-quarters of 16-to-25-year-olds surveyed in 2021 saying “the future is frightening”, and more than half agreeing “humanity is doomed”.
Professor Gail Gillon, a world-leading expert in children’s speech, language and reading development has been appointed Education Commissioner for the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO.
Helping senior students make a positive transition from school into the workplace takes more than just the efforts of a dedicated careers advisor.
Serious concerns have been raised about limiting children’s rights and unduly encroaching on privacy under a blanket social media ban for those under 16.
