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New approaches in pedagogy are feeding into school design; At Caulfield Grammar in Melbourne, that means trialling ideas in prototype buildings. By Richard Leonard From little things, big things grow, Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody sang, whilst Carmody spoke of ...

The number of students not sitting national benchmarking tests has hit a record high. According to the 2014 NAPLAN report, released yesterday, there has been an increase in the percentage of students withdrawing from NAPLAN across the country since the tests ...

The head of a remote outback school has found that creative initiatives and regional collaboration have opened up rewarding opportunities for staff and students alike.By Madeleine Regan Creative solutions are mandatory when you’re the principal of a combined primary and ...

Australia’s top science students say competition for jobs and the cost of university degrees are the biggest barriers to their career goals. In a recent survey of some of the most talented secondary science students, more than 80 per cent revealed concerns that ...

A linguist from London is helping Australia improve its standing as a leader in multicultural education. By Antonia Maiolo Inside the classroom walls of a small remote school, students are retrieving their cultural and linguistic roots, thanks to the support ...

Children are the future custodians of the environment, and schools are in a powerful position to show them how to go about it. By Brad Gray There is a growing body of evidence that environmental and nature-based activities during childhood ...

Teachers are motivating their students with a variety of new departures. There’s MoneySmart, plus one service that links schools to local companies and another that offers free classroom webspace. By Antonia Maiolo Educators are always searching for new and exciting ...

Family Day Care Australia has called new legislative changes to family assistance law unreasonable and unfair. As part of the Abbott Government’s tougher stance on childcare payment compliance, family day care educators with young children will no longer be able to ...

There’s such a cornucopia of goodies available on the web that the biggest problem may be finding the time to sort through them all. For the benefit of readers, Antonia Maiolo has selected a few that are worth a closer ...

Australian school students will, for the first time, get to showcase their STEM skills on home soil by competing against international teams in an annual robotics competition. The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics competition will ...