The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Victorian schools will be reviewed, the State Government has announced.
Victorian education minister James Merlino.
VCAL is an alternative, ‘hands on’ pathway for students in Year 11 and 12 that provides a more practical and ...
Teenagers could be facing a social media ban sooner than expected under a push to bring it forward, as the world-first mandate draws condemnation from international free speech and human rights advocates.
Are teachers who quit the profession more satisfied in their careers outside the classroom? The answer, generally speaking, is yes – but there’s something quite profound missing from their new working lives, research has found.
As the threat grows of a digital divide that is further entrenching inequality for students experiencing disadvantage, the good news is, it can be prevented, but only if clear steps are taken to harness the opportunities that educational technolog...
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”.
Australian school leaders hanging out for a good news story about their work and impact in schools have come to the right corner of the web.
Platforms that breach Australia's world-leading ban on children accessing social media could be fined up to $50 million under proposed new laws.
Practical placements have long been a conundrum for Australian education, with last year’s Strong Beginnings report revealing ‘a spectrum of experiences’ relayed by frustrated preservice teachers and a distinct lack of consistency at play across t...
Over the past 20 years, average reading performance has been stagnant for Year 5 students with fewer high-achieving readers among the cohort than there were in 2001 or 2005.
With recent research by the Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) revealing a sharp decline in the availability of high-quality music education in Australian schools (from 23 per cent in 2010 to only 16 per cent in 2021), innovation and cr...
Female educators face systemic discrimination, gender bias and hostility that’s actively hampering their progression into school leadership roles, a new report has flagged.
