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Education Minister Simon Birmingham has defended the government’s spending on supports for students with a disability after comments he made during a Senate estimates hearing last week sparked industry fears of future funding cuts. Birmingham's defence also followed strong criticisms ...

A large falling tree branch which fatally crushed a NSW primary schooler as she walked across the playground should have already been removed, an inquest has been told. However, the principal of Sydney's Pitt Town Public School wasn't aware of ...

A high school and its principal help a Northern Territory community rebound when the closing of a local refinery casts doubt upon the future. By Madeleine Regan Sabina Smith arrived at Nhulunbuy High School at the start of Term 2 ...

Want to solve the teaching crisis in Australia? Change its perception amongst the young, writes Sarah Carman. After ironing out the intricacies of ionic bonding with a Year 10 student, his somewhat justified “When will I ever need to know this?!” ...

Independent schools have called on new Education Minister Simon Birmingham to undertake an overhaul of schools funding. Birmingham – a South Australia-based senator who since December last year had served as an assistant to former education minister Christopher Pyne – ...

Prospective students will soon be able to compare contrasting higher education courses and institutions on the eagerly anticipated Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) website. Based on thousands of surveys students completed across Australia each year, the government-funded but ...

Computers do not noticeably improve school pupils' academic results and can even hamper performance, an OECD report says. While almost three quarters of pupils in the many countries surveyed used computers at schools, the report by the Organisation for Economic ...

There is much to worry about when politicians declare that Victoria is to become the “Education State.” Will this declaration lead to more political distractions, trendy slogans and appeasements to parents instead of making a difference in classrooms?  We have ...

School wellbeing programs are ubiquitous nowadays; but to ensure they perform as promised, educators need to re-evaluate constantly. By Helen Street ​Nearly every school in Australia has at least one wellbeing program or initiative in place. But do they work? ...

The head of one of Queensland's most remote indigenous schools is calling for a restructure of school holidays to keep children in school. Venitta King, head of the Northern Peninsula Area State College's senior campus, wants to expand school holidays ...