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Teachers and principals have been left in the dark when it comes to “the biggest Australian school curriculum reforms in decades”, the Australian Education Union (AEU) has said. AEU said the planned reforms were contained in a leaked draft report, ...

Some parents might offer but a cursory glance at a school newsletter sent home with their child. Others might chuck it straight in the bin. But one such communique has sparked the interest of Australian media and started a discussion about ...

Victorian children with disability are being turned away or discouraged from enrolling in government schools, while others aren’t receiving the support they need to participate fully in their education. That’s according to a report on educational outcomes for children with ...

In an age when the term ‘fake news’ is flung about by politicians and the public alike, students today need critical literacy skills more than ever, an Australian researcher has argued. To help this along, Professor Kathy Mills from Australian ...

What will today’s kindergarteners need to thrive and not just survive in the 21st century? This was the question the NSW Department of Education challenged a consortium of University of Sydney experts to unpack. In particular, the Department wanted the ...

Death education should be taught in the classroom to demystify ageing and dying among younger Australians, Queensland doctors have argued. Australian Medical Association Queensland said young people need to be educated about medical, legal and other issues that surround ageing ...

“Do you want a little bit? Because if you’re going to drink I’d rather you do it in the house.” It’s one of the more quotable lines from Amy Poehler’s cool mum character, Mrs George, in the 2004 hit film Mean ...

The final dress rehearsal of the Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College’s production of High School Musical has enthused a room of aged care residents, with some dancing as they left the theatre hall. The residents and consumers were invited as guests ...

High school students and aged-care residents will link up to learn about online safety. University of the Sunshine Coast researchers and campus-based organisation iDcare, which supports victims of identity crime, launched the program in an effort to reduce online identity ...