Australia is in the grip of a school attendance problem, with two in every five students now not attending regularly – and huge change is needed if we are to shift the dial across the country, experts ...

An eight-year-old primary school student has been treated after he sustained non-life-threatening injuries when he was stabbed by another boy at Brentwood Park Primary School, in Melbourne’s southeast ...

Mobile apps purporting to aid early reading skills in children are widely available these days, yet many fail to actually deliver any educational benefit, with positive app store reviews seemingly ...

Middle leaders in Australian schools now have a set of nationally endorsed professional standards that make explicit the capabilities they need to succeed in their complex roles. Developed by AITSL in ...

Why is it that bright-eyed and bushy-tailed primary students morph into struggling, disengaged learners once they hit secondary school? Why do the wheels fall off learning for so many students, ...

A radical new approach to ITE will see student teachers from one university begin working in a classroom from the first week of their teaching degree. The Reimagining Teacher Education (RiTE) project, ...

A Red Union for teachers is pushing for a 43 per cent pay rise for Victorian educators and greater disciplinary powers for principals, saying it is set to compete against the AEU for membership in the ...

Nine out of 10 Australian teachers are experiencing severe stress, and nearly 70 per cent say their workload is unmanageable, new research from UNSW Sydney has found. The study is the first to examine ...

Very occasionally, we are lucky enough to have a truly rare talent working in our profession. Someone who has worked at the educational coalface and yet has the ability to get their head above the ...

Teaching climate responsibility and practical sustainability in our schools is widely accepted as being of great importance, but at Mount Lilydale Mercy College in Victoria, it’s a focus that is ...

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 ...

Growing cucumbers on the moon might sound like science fiction but for thousands of Australian school-age students, it’s a hands-on reality. Pupils from Years 7 to 10 across the country are taking ...