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$20 billion could relieve almost all world hunger for a year. It's also the amount Australia lost due to educational inequality in schools between 2009 and 2015 – so avers the Public Education Foundation in its latest issues paper, What Price the Gap? Education ...

The lower-attaining the student, the worse the effect streaming has on them, new research has found. Published in the Cambridge Journal of Education, a study found that streaming creates a 'culture of dependency' in 'lower' classes, which inhibits students' learning. Using data ...

When Greg McMahon became principal of Doveton College in 2015, things were tough. The school, situated in Melbourne's southeast – one of Victoria's poorest areas – had poor attendance rates and its students scored low grades. Once buoyed by manufacturing, its ...

NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes used a speech on Wednesday night to spurn what he perceives as schools' overemphasis on STEM. Stokes, who has an Arts/Law background and has claimed he's "no expert in matters of education", contended "STEM seeks to dehumanise education – ...

Ever wonder why our children's NAPLAN scores are stagnating, and in some cases, declining? Geoff Masters did, and now has an explanatory hypothesis. The chief executive of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) thinks the tests themselves could be ...

High school students may soon think thrice before they fat or slut-shame others online. Aside from second-guessing their own behaviour, they may fear the wrath of artificial intelligence, which will be able to detect their nasty words. Researchers from the UTS ...

How have thousands of educators around the world transformed teaching and learning in their schools? The answer: Professional Learning Communities at Work™. Why Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)? The PLC at Work™ process unifies and focuses all staff efforts to reach ...

Adventurer Bear Grylls, of Man vs. Wild fame, was first praised, then scorned for his 'tough guy' persona. All the while, most people hadn't heard of Megan Hine. The fair-skinned, doe-eyed fellow Brit was once described by Grylls as "stronger than 99 per ...

When you picture a typical opera-goer, you wouldn't imagine a chubby-cheeked, gap-toothed primary schooler. But that's who is currently privy to the trills and melodrama of Opera Australia performers. The company's 20th annual Schools Tour program is bringing cultural glee to Kindergarten to ...

"Bleeding in your underwear can be a good thing," said no-one, ever, until recently. As far back as 1988, however, period underwear – which negate the need for additional female sanitary products – were being developed. Now, brands like Thinx ...