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Autonomous school leadership is now on the national education agenda. If autonomous school leadership is to be promoted by governments as a means to drive school improvement in Australia then educators must embrace an understanding of school governance and leadership ...

The government’s decision to discontinue future funding for the Primary Connections and Science by Doing programs continues to attract widespread criticism. Anna-Maria Arabia, CEO of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS), said they were very concerned at ...

The national science curriculum will be more difficult to implement following the government axing of two science teacher programs, the lead writer of the Australian science curriculum and Science by Doing project director, Emeritus Professor Denis Goodrum has said. The ...

The national curriculum authority has dismissed survey results that show the federal government's My School website is not a major influence for Queensland parents choosing independent schools. Independent Schools Queensland's second "What Parents Want" survey on Thursday revealed only 8.2 ...

The Australian Academy of Science says it is deeply disappointed that the federal government has axed two science education programs. Last weekend the government confirmed that it would no longer fund the Primary Connections and Science in Doing programs. The ...

Educating parents on healthy eating could be more effective at reducing childhood obesity than physical activity, new research shows. The study, undertaken by researchers from the universities of Newcastle and Wollongong, found that targeting parents rather than children is the ...

Australian universities’ “widespread under-performance” in education research is disturbing, Innovation Minister Kim Carr told a Parliament House policy forum last week. Carr told the ‘HASS on the Hill’ forum, organised by the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, ...

Australian schools will be better equipped to deal with student bullying, with School Education Minister Peter Garrett launching the revised National Safe Schools Framework in Brisbane last Friday. Speaking on the inaugural National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence, ...

With NSW going to the polls on Saturday, ER takes a look at the education policies of the major parties. Web links to each party’s policy in full listed below. Labor • 750 new selective and opportunity places • 100 ...

A Senate committee has recommended the creation of a national regulatory body for the vocational education and training (VET) sector, despite the fact two states refuse to sign up to the Federal Government's proposal. Labor wants the body to replace ...