Two years ago, people posted humiliating comments on Monique Mastrobattista’s social media posts. Now, she receives adulation. “You go girl ⭐️,” willbasill wrote on an Instagram snap of her posing with some X Factor contestants. “Such a inspiring young lady 💕,” galinanurmi remarked. Mastrobattista’s story ...

Positive relationships between children and teachers could be more important than previously thought, a new study has found. The Charles Sturt University study found that close, less-conflicted relationships between young students and teachers could improve language and literacy development as ...

In 2017, James Ruse Agricultural High became the top-performing NSW school for the 22nd consecutive year. In that same year, 97 per cent of its students were from a language background other than English (LBOTE). Though this correlation doesn’t prove causation, it ...

The traditional way of imparting knowledge (teacher at the front of the class, lecturing, setting kids homework they might not do) could one day be a thing of the past. This age-old method “assumes that the student’s brain is like ...

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 ...

Students at Coomera Anglican College are visiting Egypt in the morning, Antarctica at lunch, and Mars in the afternoon, thanks to the opening of its newest facility, The Pod, this week. The futuristic facility was designed to “take learning out of ...

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 ...

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 ...

We’ve all heard of ‘cotton wool kids’ and ‘helicopter parents’. Instead of merely complaining about these modern phenomena, David Gregory is addressing them. An outdoor educator, he thinks that students should ‘learn by doing’, particularly outdoors, as this teaches them ...