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A bookish adolescent who ended school at year 9 but grew up in a home with large library is likely to be just as literate as a university graduate whose home lacked books. That’s according to a new study that ...

That’s according to the RMIT University researchers who designed it. Released yesterday, it’s believed to be the world’s first typeface specifically designed to help people retain information and remember study notes. Called Sans Forgetica, it’s a back-slanted, gapped font based on ...

Two US teachers have been accused of zip-tying students' hands behind their back. The staff members of Oak View Elementary School in Atlanta have since resigned, WSB-TV 2 reported. Oak View Elementary’s principal reportedly sent out a letter to parents ...

School leavers thinking about heading to university now have a new metric to weigh up when considering their study options. The Good Universities Guide has this year featured a ‘First Generation’ five-star rating. Released as part of the 2019 guide ...

We all like autonomy – the feeling of freedom and being in control. The classroom is no different. Students are more engaged and have a greater sense of responsibility when given autonomy over their learning. They thrive when they are ...

There’s no doubt that Leonardo da Vinci was a visionary, but should some of his machines be built today, they would be little more than fascinating sculptures. Indeed, a BBC documentary famously argued that Da Vinci’s machines were designed to ...

Mea culpa. That’s how Wentworth by-election candidate Dave Sharma signed off on an apology tweet for comments he made in the Sydney Morning Herald a few months ago. In an opinion piece for the publication, the Liberal Party candidate for ...

A total of 303 million children worldwide are not in school, with more than a third of that number living in conflict zones or countries affected by natural disasters, according to the United Nations. That means a third of 5-17 ...

Teachers facing serious criminal offences would be immediately suspended under new laws introduced to the South Australian parliament. The state government recently introduced legislation to amend the Teacher Registration and Standards Act 2004 to enable the Teachers Registration Board of ...

Industry leaders have called for caps on places in teaching degrees, following an ABC report that universities are offering places to students who leave schools with ATAR scores close to zero. The figures are contained in a confidential report obtained ...