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The last decade has seen enormous and rapid change to the way professional development is conducted within Australian schools, as part of a bid to seek continuous improvement of teaching standards across the country. The most fundamental shift, says Associate ...

Professional development and learning is a key way to implement reform at both a system-wide and school level. It is integral to the professional lives of teachers, not just an ‘add on’, and it is being shaped by standards-based reforms. ...

Educators are pursuing postgraduate studies in a variety of disciplines, often as a way to further their professional practice in an area of interest to them. Take Sarah Rakich, for example. The kindergarten teacher from South Melbourne is currently studying ...

Mainstream media reporting is far more likely to deter young people from using illicit drugs than encourage their use, an Australian study has found. But the study also found that types of reports most likely to have the strongest impact ...

A new alliance, ‘Because I am a Girl’, has been established to raise awareness about the plight of girls in developing countries and how investment in education helps break the poverty cycle. More than 30 well known Australians, including fashion-designers ...

A survey of Australian Year 10 and 12 students has shown a surge in sexual activity over the past decade, and while awareness of HIV/AIDS remained high, so was the rate of risky sexual practices. "Rates of alcohol consumption among ...

School students skipping class aren't being served at local businesses under a new trial in Queensland that aims to reduce truancy. Schools currently have agreements with shops and police in Logan, Beenleigh, Cairns, Bundaberg, Gold Coast and Charters Towers. Director-General ...

New research has reaffirmed the link between educational attainment and health outcomes. The report, commissioned by Catholic Health Australia, found the poorest Australians are dying on average three years earlier than the wealthiest. The Health Lies in Wealth report, released ...

Generation One asked for hands across Australia, and more than 1100 schools put theirs up. The organisation, which aims to end indigenous disparity within a single generation, received a huge response to its video competition launched six weeks ago. Schools ...

Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has reintroduced two bills to parliament designed to protect young people. Hanson-Young's first set of draft laws would set up a dedicated education ombudsman to simplify the current complaints system for domestic and international students. ...