Victoria’s Education Minister has credited the wildly influential ‘Sold a Story’ podcast as the impetus for his awakening to the science of reading and the force behind the phonics mandate that will ...

South Australia’s public education system is charting a bold new future in policy and practice, distinguishing it from other jurisdictions, since the State Labor Government came to power in March 2022 ...

Last week’s announcement by Education Minister Ben Carroll that Victorian primary schools will shift to a structured approach to teaching literacy using phonics in F-2 from next year has given ...

NAPLAN results released today paint a picture of a stagnating education system, one hindered by inadequate professional standards for teachers, a national curriculum in desperate need of review, and ...

For some time Australia’s ‘education state’ has come under fire for its lack of commitment to drive evidence-based teaching practice at scale, but today Victorian Education Minister Ben Carroll has ...

NSW schools spent $250 million delivering the state’s ‘COVID Intensive’ tutoring program in 2022, but with no measurable impact on students’ academic achievement or attendance to show for it, an ...

Musica Viva Australia’s 2025 In Schools Program has launched, bringing live music and professional development opportunities to over 170,000 students nationwide. From the remote outback to metro ...

Principals should act now to improve their schools’ approach to maths teaching, researchers from Grattan Institute warn in a new guide for leaders that reveals exactly how seven ‘lighthouse’ schools ...

As part of a national move towards structured literacy, the New Zealand Government is closing the book on Reading Recovery, the country’s longest running literacy intervention program. In an ...

Autistic students are still struggling at school, despite efforts to improve services and supports, new research suggests. A new study from the University of South Australia, in partnership with ...

The New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) has contacted schools across the state to inform them that mathematics will be optional for students in Years 11 and 12. In a letter sent to ...

Australian schools are at risk of falling for an increasingly popular method of maths teaching that lacks a credible evidence base and is rooted in ineffective discovery learning, a prominent school ...