Before joining his colleagues on the picket lines today, Glenn Lowe, a high school head teacher in the Wollongong Catholic diocese shared with Education Review his experience of the teacher shortage crisis. Wednesday was a busy day for Lowe. The ...

In the classroom students have diverse levels of interpersonal skills that allow them to communicate and interact with others, which can sometimes create communication breakdowns between students and teachers.  This can be particularly true for neurodiverse students with autism or ...

New data from the University Admissions Centre has shown that young men are less likely to achieve an ATAR than women and don't perform as well in their first-year university courses. According to Deakin University lecturer in education Piper Rodd, ...

Students participating in chores have better planning skills, self-regulation, working memory and execute tasks better, resulting in better academic performance. A new study conducted by PhD candidate from La Trobe University Deanna Tepper found a relationship between executive functions and ...

Reading books from a young age is beneficial for children, it opens their mind, teaches them empathy, and boosts academic results, yet the books we present to children are often only reflecting one side of society.  According to ECU lecturer ...

Rising cases of Covid-19 and influenza have prompted schools to return to online learning, and experts worry it will further widen the learning gap with migrant children. The past months have seen Australia being hit by both Covid-19 and influenza ...

Free sanitary items will be made accessible to students across schools in Queensland yet six out of ten students do not feel comfortable talking to their teachers about their periods.  State schools in Queensland will soon provide free sanitary products ...

Digital skills are more important than ever for students, yet teachers are not confident they’ll be able to teach the skills students require.  With the release of the new curriculum which puts a strong emphasis on technology, and NAPLAN going ...

Schools across Australia have installed mini-supermarkets on their grounds in order to help students with disabilities gain life skills.  The project launched in 2017 and has been implemented at 12 schools so far, and is set to expand to 25 ...

The number of teenagers using e-cigarettes has doubled in just a year, an ‘unsurprisingly’ rapid growth the NSW Secondary School Principals’ Council said. Recent data from the NSW Population Health Survey found that 11.1% of 16 to 24-year-olds are regular ...