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Following a mild heart attack, Craig*, a senior mathematics teacher, returned to work physically and emotionally exhausted. Once a successful and experienced teacher, Craig now failed to engage with his students. Unmotivated and unfocused, Craig’s authority and discipline in the ...

One of the first things students do as they start at Victoria’s St Brendan’s College is pick out a musical instrument. Over the next two terms this instrument becomes integral to their school life, as they take responsibility for it, ...

The October launch of Telstra’s T-Touch Tab, which sells for $299, is likely to unleash a torrent of teenage pester power just in time for Christmas. But it also signals yet more challenges for schools that are already pressured to ...

Peak bodies and associations have welcomed the establishment of a working group to address the needs of students with disabilities and special needs. The group will provide advice to government on immediate priorities and strategies to improve the educational experience ...

Australia has no excuse not to provide indigenous children with the best education possible yet it still seems unable to do so, Professor Mick Dodson has said. He was speaking at the University of Canberra where he was conferred with ...

A leading report on preventative health in Australia has concluded school-based drug programs are ineffective and should be dumped. The five year study led by Deakin University provided a blueprint for government spending on prevention and included school drug education ...

Despite the release of an independent review endorsing the ethics trial, the major political parties remain tight-lipped on the future of ethics classes in NSW public schools. A spokesperson for education minister Verity Firth said a decision would be made ...

NAPLAN and the focus on school performance is spurring the growth in private tuition and coaching colleges, an ER investigation has highlighted. Private tuition, Australia’s ‘shadow education system’, is estimated to be a $1 billion industry, but is without any ...

The push for enhanced pathways between school and university has intensified with the NSW Board of Studies announcing a new partnership with three universities, while the ACT implements new individualised student plans. Under NSW’s HSC University Pathways program, students who ...

The community’s obsession with protecting children from perceived hazards and danger could be hampering the development of their competence and skill. Without sufficient exposure to the world around them, children may not learn how to interact, explore or protect themselves ...