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As a culture, we have made great strides when it comes to our understanding and acceptance of mental health. Even just a few decades ago, mental health was rarely mentioned during a student’s time at school, let alone dealt with ...

Teachers in Australia can expect more pay than their peers in comparable countries. The Education at a Glance 2019 report found that average actual salaries for Australian teachers were 52 per cent higher than the OECD average at pre-primary level, 36 ...

“The thinking done by children and young people is qualitatively different to adults, but it is not inferior.” That’s the reminder sent out by Professor Roseanna Bourke, the keynote speaker at the Engagement Transforms 2019 symposium in Hobart on Friday. ...

The brain is involved in all learning that we do, so if we’re in the business of learning doesn’t it make sense that we know how the brain learns best? The current generation of young Australians will spend 11,000 hours ...

Should a woman wish to study an undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology Sydney, she would see her ATAR score suddenly jump 10 points. The same adjustment would be made to the ...

The latest Grattan Institute Report, Attracting high achievers to teaching, is proposing a $1.6 billion reform package to “double the number of high achievers who choose to become teachers, and increase the average ATAR of teaching graduates to 85, within ...

“A salad sandwich with no butter.” For students who have cut animal products out of their diet, this might be their only option at the school canteen come lunch time. A motion by the Australian Greens sought to expand food ...

Some students might bemoan putting on the same shirt and pant combo every day to match their peers, while for others it might mean less stress that morning. The Conversation’s section editor for education Sasha Petrova asked five Australian academics ...

School students around Australia are giving feedback to their teachers in the form of emojis. Classrooms are introducing the Student Feedback tool, which helps teachers poll how students are feeling, whether they’re keeping up with the lesson or if they ...

To give younger Australians a fair go, governments need to wind back age-based tax breaks for ‘comfortably off’ older adults. That’s according to the Grattan Institute’s new report. It revealed that older Australians today spend more and have higher incomes ...