As COP 26 in the UK concentrates minds around the world on the impending climate crisis, the thoughts of educators turn to developing the climate citizens of tomorrow. Developing a generation of citizens capable of the type of thinking we ...

The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) CEO David de Carvalho has recently written an article that addresses whether change or improvement is required in our country’s education system. The article, which was adapted from a speech the ACARA ...

The federal minister for Education, Alan Tudge, has painted Australian education as a system in serious decline in a speech to the conservative think tank, the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS). Tudge tore into the current crop of teachers, telling ...

Across the country, states and schools are in varying degrees of lockdown learning and as we are well into this second wave, what are the lessons we have learnt from Home-learning 2.0? For starters, many parents still feel underprepared and ...

Education Minister Alan Tudge has opened a sore in the education system with his comments about the draft national curriculum and what he sees as a curriculum that "paints an overly negative view of Australia". In an interview with Triple ...

Students and teachers are enduring some of the most significant disruptions to schooling in our history. So, it is welcome news that the NAPLAN 2021 summary results reveal the global COVID pandemic has had no significant impact on our children’s ...

The various representatives of Catholic schools around Sydney and NSW have been front and centre during continued arguments about returning to face-to-face learning, teacher vaccinations and the HSC. Earlier this year, Sydney Catholic Schools executive director Tony Farley called for ...

The emergence of the COVID-19 Delta variant has brought the pandemic back to our front door and thrown the lives of many Australians into chaos. This has been exemplified by the education sector, with both teachers and students, particularly in ...

With the announcement that the NSW lockdown has been extended for four more weeks and continually rising COVID-19 cases in the greater Sydney area, this years' HSC has been thrown further into chaos. Alongside the lockdown announcement, Premier Gladys Berejiklian ...

Only 31 per cent of teachers surveyed for Oxford University Press’ (OUP) The Evolution of Science Education Report believe science education in their countries is preparing children for the challenges of the future. In contrast, fewer than half (46 per ...