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A growing number of Aussie schools are making the transition to the concept of bringing your own device (BYOD). While parents may have reservations, there is research to support that BYOD has a positive impact on learning outcomes. Schools dealing with tight budgets ...

Children exposed to abuse and neglect from a very young age are already at a severe disadvantage when they start school because of the impact the stress has on their rapidly developing brains, research shows. An Australian study conducted in ...

A recent evaluation report into the Teach for Australian (TFA) program has been met with criticism by lobby group Save Our Schools (SOS). SOS said in an education policy brief that the teacher training pathway was failing in its mission ...

Australians believe kids today should be learning life skills, such as problem solving and critical thinking. That’s the conclusion from a recent online education survey of 1,104 respondents throughout Australia. The survey asked Australians which skills were important from their ...

More than 2,000 schools will participate in outdoor classes today, after studies found that 85 per cent of children spend less than two hours outside each day. Australia’s first Outdoor Classroom Day will see more than 200,000 school children take ...

Most Australians believe statues of Captain Cook and other colonial leaders should be left unchanged, the latest Newspoll has found. Six-in-ten Australians think the statues and accompanying plaques should not be modified with only three-in-10 Australians wanting some form of ...

A leading Australian physical education academic says “physical and sport literacy” are essential to children’s long-term health and wellbeing and should be given equal importance as spelling and maths. As schools prepare to celebrate National Health and Physical Education Day ...