If proposed cuts to teacher housing subsidies in the remote Northern Territory town of Katherine go ahead, the area could be facing a teacher exodus, leading to a deterioration of education outcomes and community wellbeing. This was the view put ...

Along with hunger, democracy and environmental sustainability, the question of how to fix the education system is a wicked problem, according to Alto Director Andrew O’Keeffe. As he puts it, there are no “silver bullets” – they are all “huge, ...

When Jackson Hughes was diagnosed with autism at just three years of age, his mother Leanne Hughes chose to send him to a mainstream school, hoping he would enjoy the same high levels of education as his peers. Unfortunately, due ...

Education is often hailed as the ‘great equaliser’, but is it? Do schools eliminate inequality or help to reinforce it? This is the question guiding this season’s All Things Equal podcast series, a collaboration between radio station 2SER and the ...

The field of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is set to carry Australia into a bold new future of enhanced modernity. It is one of the fastest growing industries nationally, with exciting discoveries and opportunities awaiting those who choose ...

As students Australia-wide get ready to sit the 2019 NAPLAN tests in May, yesterday, the National Report from last year was released. The suite of tests, which assess literacy and numeracy in years 3, 5, 7 and 9, continues to ...

In his pre-election Budget speech, treasurer Josh Frydenberg stressed that education is the first defence of the nation. “While money is important, so too is the quality of education afforded to all Australians,” he said. So how did the Budget ...

It could be argued that the common impression of teachers and their profession is not as positive as it should be. Factors like the public’s perception of time spent on holidays, and media reporting of industrial action, pay disputes, stress ...

ABC Chief Economics Correspondent Emma Alberici was doing some routine research via Twitter when she stumbled into a furore. Infamous for her supposed anti-Liberal bias, she provoked the opposite kind of ire by asking the internet for their “… stories about ...

The government inquiry into the status of the teaching profession is finally hearing from its subjects in person. In Sydney this week (with stops in other cities to come), it drew an impassioned crowd, including a school principal, teacher education academics, MPs and NSW ...