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Education Minister Simon Birmingham has today launched a scathing attack on Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and the state's education minister, Kate Jones, accusing them of buck passing, lying and not taking responsibility for the performance of public school teachers. "Queensland state ...

The Australian Education Union has said schools have a role to play in addressing the scourge of family violence. The organisation representing teachers made this statement to coincide with the Victorian state Royal Commission into Family Violence handing down its ...

Dr Jan Zwar is an adjunct professor at Macquarie University and the author of a recent study into Australia's publishing industry, including the all-important primary and secondary school textbook market. Education Review recently spoke with Zwar to discuss changes in the market and what’s ...

Victorian high school students with an inclination towards the creative and visual arts are being encouraged to apply for one of 10 action-packed mentoring experiences curated by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). Called a Hothouse, this talent incubator ...

The Safe Schools Coalition (Safe Schools) will be limited to high schools, all links within resources must be to government-funded agencies, there should be more information available for parents and some lessons will be altered to become more age appropriate. These ...

With the school year now in full swing across the country, it’s timely to look at one of the most challenging health issues we face: student suicide. Angela Byron was a newly minted principal, only six months into her first leadership role, ...

  When Leonie Falland was asked about her motivation for teaching and working in schools for 38 years, her response came easily: “I loved learning right from the time I was a toddler. When I was nearly 3, I packed a ...

There is growing interest, in Australia and abroad, in examining the current system of education in relation to how it sets up children for futures in the modern world – or, perhaps, doesn’t. The school system has the tough job ...

The bureaucracy in Australia’s primary system is stifling the curiosity of young minds and crushing the idealism of teachers. Frustrated and burnt out by an education system she saw as increasingly discouraging of genuine learning relationships between teachers and students, ...

Mathematical sciences have directly and indirectly underpinned more than 22 per cent of Australian industry during the last two decades, with direct support totaling almost $60 billion. With this contribution in mind, the National Committee for Mathematical Sciences has called for an even ...