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Children in Australia’s most remote regions are being left behind when it comes to education amid a staggering divide between the haves and have-nots, a report says. The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) report says it is clear many of ...

Flexible learning spaces have transitioned from industry buzzword to the current directional norm. What does this mean for students and educators? Traditionally, a classroom has a central focus in the form of a whiteboard, with all furniture facing in the ...

Having a severe food allergy can have a huge impact on a teen’s social life – even kissing can be fatal – yet many are reluctant to talk about it. A new government funded website has now been launched to encourage ...

Advising students who are choosing their HSC subjects is an important responsibility. It not only shapes their final years at school, but also influences which courses they are eligible to take at university and potential career choices. Teachers are aware ...

The Turnbull government has notched up a major win with its Gonski 2.0 overhaul of school funding clearing the Senate. The government has thrown an extra $5 billion into the plan to win over the crossbench, taking the package to $23.5 ...

A group of Sydney schoolgirls are a cut above their peers after chopping off their ponytails for charity. About 40 girls at Wenona School willingly had their locks snipped off by volunteer TAFE NSW hairdressing teachers. The hair will be used for ...

Should children with autism be allowed to access the same early learning and education facilities as kids living sans the spectrum disorder? It’s a concept called mainstreaming and its efficacy was questioned in federal parliament on Wednesday 21 June 2017 by ...

Underfunded schools will get extra money faster under a deal with the Senate crossbench to secure the passage of the Turnbull government’s Gonski 2.0 plan. With Labor firmly opposed to the package, government negotiations on Wednesday 21 June 2017 landed ...

STEM is one discussion that won’t disappear from the nation’s agenda for a while and there’s good reason for it. It’s generally understood that our students are leaving school without strong enough foundations in science and mathematics, or STEM skills ...

The NSW government will deliver more than 1500 extra classrooms and employ about 1000 extra teachers to address surging enrolments in state schools. The Berejiklian government’s first budget, handed down on Tuesday 20 June 2017, injected $1.6 billion into an ...