Victorian primary schools are moving away from streaming students according to ability amid fears it is doing more harm than good, and is damaging to students self-esteem and wellbeing. Northcote Primary School in Melbourne's inner city is leading the way, with parents ...

It's well established that play is important for children's physical and mental development, but research also shows it is necessary so that you can have quiet and attentive students in the classroom. Play is defined as voluntary, uninstructed, and joyful ...

Data released in the Productivity Report on Government Services revealed school drop-out rates have hit a 10-year high, with just over half of school students leaving to undertake further study or full time work. One in five school students also ...

The 'food and wellbeing' curriculum has been overhauled after a mother, former teacher and member of Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA) led a campaign to change to how schools can teach food and nutrition. Foods can no longer be described ...

Only three per cent of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce is made up of men despite research showing male presence in teaching and caring is vital to breaking down gender stereotypes in children. Research has shown that ...

The eSafety commissioner has released data that found a 40 per cent jump in child bullying last year, with cyberbullying reports increasing from 1700 in 2022 to 2383 in 2023, an increase of 71 per cent. Just over two-thirds (67%) ...

The Australian National Maritime Museum has developed a learning program that teaches the events of the first known interaction between Indigenous Australians and Europeans aboard the Duyfken ship. The Dutch East India Company, the biggest and only global company in ...

A 2023 program funded by the federal government's Emerging Priorities initiative saw teachers save an average of 94 hours each in lesson planning time this year. The grant program was established in 2021 to fund projects that assist school communities ...

The 2008 Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians, which was signed by all Australian education ministers at the time, stated that “as a nation, Australia values the central role of building a democratic, equitable and just society – ...

If there is a one-word answer to the often-posed question, 'What is the one thing that’s most different about the Finnish system?', it is trust. As I led a tour group through Finnish schools, a number of the group were ...