An educational leader is not only recommending parents try to worry a little less during homeschooling periods, but is also urging a re-evaluation of the HSC and Australia's current educational model. But before sharing his thoughts on how parents can ...

When it comes to the benefits of an all-girls education – and there are many – there is one that I believe sits firmly above the rest, and that’s the confidence that all girls’ schools instill in their students.  From ...

The devastating impacts of the pandemic have not only altered our lives, but they have also forced many Australians to re-evaluate the security of their current jobs, their long-term viability, and even the sense of purpose they provide us. In ...

When I was studying years 11 and 12 in the late 1990s, there was definitely a level of snobbery attached to undertaking vocational education and training (VET) as part of one’s high school certificate.  The consensus appeared to be that ...

National Science Week is upon us again, and what better way to teach kids about the wonder of the natural world and the subject of science than a virtual field trip and tutorials taught by experts.  Teachers, parents and community ...

Yesterday’s release of the State of the Sector Report 2021 found that teachers are "most often concerned" about the "negative impact of workload" over the next three years, as well as increasing administrative and compliance demands.  The PeopleBench report provides ...

Colour is the first of six concepts educators can mobilise to enhance young children’s thinking and learning. Often when vocabulary is taught, the second the students can identify something, the teaching stops. So purple is just purple. It is an ...

Six years have now passed since the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) was introduced as part of a suite of educational reforms to return Australia’s education system back to its ‘rightful’ place. Fuelled by an Australian ...

A team of mathematics experts have given their support to ACARA’s proposed revised mathematics curriculum, saying primary school teachers and parents can be confident that the F-6 part of the curriculum is largely “on track”.  Executive chairman and founder of ...

In multiple meta-analysis and research studies, highly respected education researcher John Hattie (2009, 2018), ranked a range of influences and their effect size on student achievement.  At the top of this list was the student-teacher relationship and the effect of ...