Despite efforts of successive cabinets, the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous outcomes has yet to be closed. Prime Minister Scott Morrison hopes a new plan will at least reduce it educationally. Unveiled today, it entails waiving the HECS debts of 3,100 ...

Most future wealth – at least in Western nations – will be inherited. But billionaires still put their children in the best position to grow their fortunes, by enrolling them in private or elite public schools. Bill Gates sent his ...

Overcrowding in our major cities has prompted shrill warnings from politicians. Melbourne, which has been designated the fastest growing city in the southern hemisphere, has drawn particular concern. "We have to play catch-up on essential infrastructure," Lord Mayor Sally Capp said ...

With the release of the Ruddock review on Thursday, gay students have become the latest political football. Despite the long-awaited review finding little evidence of religious discrimination in Australia, and Ruddock himself stating that "freedom of religion gives you certainly protection ...

RMIT is heralding its introduction of Australia's first 'fact-checking' university subject. The course, which will be mandatory for first year BA (Journalism) students, will include the teaching of skills like detecting Photoshopped images, using Google Earth to verify the location ...

A Murdoch University professor has criticised schools for encouraging students to choose between a VET or university pathway. Barry Down, a VET and student engagement specialist, says this dichotomy has become unrealistic. "The reality is that society requires smart workers and citizens with ...

UNICEF Australia is worried about our school students. First, an October report from the global chapter of the UN child humanitarian agency found that Australia ranks 31 out of 40 EU and OECD countries in terms of national education equality. ...

I have been worried for some time about the concept of equity and how it is usually understood in relation to schooling. It seems to me to be very strange that family income, as one indicator, can determine how children ...

If Tony Abbott is as "useless" as indigenous leaders believe him to be, he might struggle to hold his seat of Warringah at next year's federal election. The affluent area, with a median weekly household income that's almost double the NSW ...

Professor Marion Maddox is disappointed with the government. She is worried their injection of extra funds into independent and Catholic schools will further damage "one of the most religiously and economically segregated systems in the western world". Catherine Helen Spence, ...