Student wellbeing has become a critical focus for parents, who are increasingly prioritising it as an essential aspect of their child’s education, leading schools to provide stronger support in this area. A recent survey of 1,545 parents across Australia found ...

Moving from high school to tertiary education can be a daunting step for many Year 12 school leavers – What career? Which degree? Where to study? And can I afford to do it? But, there is another important factor to ...

A survey of 62,000 students from 440 schools across Australia has revealed the most popular books for each student by age group. Reading program provider Renaissance has tracked which books students pick in its 'accelerated reader' program, where students read books then ...

We have many great teachers and fine schools in Australia, so why do we continue to look for‘education gurus’, usually from overseas? Think back to Julia Gillard’s recruitment of Joel Klein from New York back in 2008, or her appointment ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO's) theme for this World Teachers' Day, celebrated on October 5, is Valuing teacher voices: towards a new social contract for education. UNESCO says the theme acknowledges that teachers are experts in ...

According to the latest State of the Nation Report, more than 27 per cent of primary school students and 36 per cent of secondary students reported high levels of anxiety, depression, or both. With October marking World Mental Health Month, ...

Sweeping changes to NSW’s high school history course will see Holocaust education made mandatory for the first time, following concerns from Jewish groups that students were graduating with little or no knowledge of the horrors of World War II. Under the new Year ...

The close interaction between educators and students means they may notice changes in behavior, appearance, mood, or performance in students before others do. While educators are professionally equipped to provide academic guidance, they may not always feel skilled at facilitating ...

Resources promised by the federal government and the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) to manage classroom disruptions have been released. The Classroom Management Professional Learning Resources project is a response to research that found one in three Australian teachers are losing teaching ...

Adolescence is often characterised as a time of “storm and stress”. Young people are dealing with physical and cognitive changes and, as they move from childhood, can become increasingly distant from the adults in their lives. In academic terms, this ...