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Australian teachers aren’t getting access to the professional development they need to tackle advanced ICT, teaching in multicultural settings and educating students with special needs. That was one of the takeaways of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s (OECD) ...

There are a myriad of reasons why girls in Australia aged 15–17 may choose to quit sport. They may find that the values of sport participation are not meaningful for them. They may lack the necessary knowledge and skills to ...

Most teachers in Scotland are working essentially one extra day each week. That’s one of the key findings of a survey of 12,000 members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union, released today. Of the full-time teachers who responded ...

Parents who read to their child aged one to two years daily are gearing them up for stronger literacy, language and numeracy results at school. That’s the message from new Charles Sturt University research. Study lead and post-doctoral research fellow Dr ...

New York public schools will next week roll out a facial recognition system in a bid to keep students and staff safe. The Lockport City School District will test the Aegis system, which leverages a database of individuals and sends ...

However well-intentioned, some school anti-bullying campaigns actually make the issue worse. That’s the warning from University of Queensland researcher Karyn Healy, unpacked in a piece for The Conversation. Some of the problem, Healy said, stems from the fact most anti-bullying programs ...

An environmental scientist is encouraging schools to consider introducing drones to the classroom. Speaking ahead of the Independent Schools Queensland State Forum, Dr Catherine Ball said drone technology is becoming more accessible and user-friendly and added its potential for schools ...

One in seven school students are affected by mental health disorders and it’s keeping them away from school, experts have shown. A research team, from the Universities of Western Australia and Adelaide, looked at data from the 2013–2014 Australian Child ...

When Jackson Hughes was diagnosed with autism at just three years of age, his mother Leanne Hughes chose to send him to a mainstream school, hoping he would enjoy the same high levels of education as his peers. Unfortunately, due ...

Australia is facing “a crisis” in secondary schools as student populations swell and a shortage in mathematics-qualified teachers continues, according to the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI). In its latest report, entitled Australian Secondary Mathematics Teacher Shortfalls: A Deepening Crisis, ...