The 2016 NAPLAN preliminary results, released on Wednesday, showed a 1.26 per cent increase in numeracy scores and barely ...
Tasmania’s public school teachers are escalating industrial action, starting with work bans including refusing to administer NAPLAN tests to students, in response to the State Government’s continuing refusal to negotiate a fair pay and work condit...
Australia has recorded its highest global ranking on equality, and the number of people here who believe gender equality has gone far enough has also risen significantly since 2019, but major steps are needed to improve health, safety and workplac...
A targeted review of the Australian F-2 mathematics curriculum is now underway to address poor numeracy standards amongst primary students - and it comes with a controversial new priority.
More than one in six Victorian students (or 16.8 per cent) are now educated in an independent school, while in NSW 20 per cent of the state’s total are taught in the sector, up from 13.1 per cent in 2000.
Fewer than half of young Australians believe democracy is always preferable to other forms of government, as trust in institutions wanes.
Researchers have called for a radical change in the way society understands suicide and mental illness in autistic people, who are three to five times more likely to die by suicide.
Trendy tools and platforms that look great but lack a credible evidence base to show they actually improve learning are hampering inclusive education in Australian schools, an inclusion specialist has warned.
It’s early in the new school year, and alongside learning new routines and establishing benchmarks for skills comes a new and unexpected challenge for teachers – war in the Middle East.
Australia’s first national inquiry into public school infrastructure has been launched by the Australian Education Union (AEU), marking the beginning of a nationwide consultation in an effort to ensure every child learns in a safe, modern and incl...
It’s often hard for students to connect their learning to real-life scenarios or see exactly where their interests could take them, but at Timbarra College P-9 in Victoria, a superb new CSIRO program is breathing new life into STEM education.
