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You don’t need fancy labs to teach science in school, an educator has argued, just go down to the supermarket and spend $10. Holly Kershaw, creative director of Fizzics Education – a provider of science workshops and shows for children ...

A report from financial services company AMP has found financial stress among workers in the education sector is on par with the national average of 25 per cent. AMP commissioned market research firm TNS Global to interview 2,105 Australians working ...

Australian teenagers with poor reading skills are no worse off than those with medium reading proficiency when it comes to future employment, a new study from the University of Melbourne suggests. The research, from UniMelb economists, found poor readers at ...

Two teachers have taken the Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching. Gary Tilley, a specialist science teacher at Seaforth Public School in Sydney’s Northern beaches, was awarded the honour in primary education, for mentoring younger teachers and Macquarie ...

Emoticon. Webinar. Sexting. Digital technology is no stranger to wacky portmanteaus. A recent one is ‘sharenting’, which is the practice of parents or caregivers posting pictures of children to social media. This once-carefree activity, which acting Children’s eSafety Commissioner Andree Wright describes ...

While a new study suggests the strict classroom discipline found in many East Asian countries contributes to higher Programme for International Student Assessment scores, evidence suggests it may also place a high mental health burden on these nations' students. "Work ...

As the debate about school funding and closing the gap between rich and poor schools continues, one expert has argued increasing public school funding is not the answer, instead saying the federal government should look at implementing a US-style charter ...

A website launched by Primary Ethics, the provider of ethics lessons in New South Wales, may help more parents become aware of the availability of non-religious ethics instruction for their children. Recently, the NSW Government made informing parents of kindergarteners about ethics lessons ...

About 50 years from now, classrooms will become virtual, artificial intelligence will help run schools, and education won’t run on an “authoritarian model”. Yet teachers and school buildings will remain, a learning futurist and consultant has predicted. With a trove ...

Virtual reality will be helping some school students learn how to manage money, under a new pilot from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. CBA’s Start Smart program – which has been running since 2007 – is undertaking a two-month trial to ...