The education debate is focused on issues that don’t matter, if John Hattie’s research is to be believed. But a survey behind the new ABC documentary Revolution School has found many people disagree with Hattie. The ABC airs the second episode of its four-part ...

STEM education is the Australian Academy of Science’s number one election priority, as per a policy statement released this week. Unveiled by academy president professor Andrew Holmes during a speech in Canberra, the group of distinguished scientists’ objectives include getting Australian schools’ students into ...

Focus on education must last beyond federal elections, the chief executive of a multinational educational publisher has argued. David Levin, from McGraw-Hill Education – one of the ‘big three’ educational publishers – said education, unlike elections, is always around. It shouldn’t be pandered ...

Doodling and other forms of ‘play’, properly directed, rely upon and build mental skills essential to educational success. Amanda doodles in her notebook, looking up from her desk enough to reassure her Year 3 teacher that she’s listening, even though ...

As I previously wrote (Education Review online April 27), there’s no doubt education will be a significant election issue and last night’s federal Budget is clearly aimed at neutralising school funding as an electoral disadvantage for the Turnbull Government. Failing to ...

New results-focused initiatives are welcome but disunity over funding remains a contentious issue. The new Coalition schools policy, Quality Schools, Quality Outcomes, was announced without fanfare two days before the Budget. It is easy to see why. The main political ...

Budget day 2016 was an epic encounter of punch, counterpunch and commentary. Here is how the day unfolded, in reverse chronological order! 3:40pm Osman Faruqi, writer and political activist, has given the Coalition some rare praise for seemingly axing the ...

Many parents stop reading aloud to their children to get them reading independently but a new report has found this doesn't foster a love of reading. The Kids & Family Reading Report – from school book publishing giant Scholastic – elaborated that ...

There’s no doubt that school funding will be a significant election issue and that what the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Education Union describe as the 'Gonski funding model' will be centre stage. Notwithstanding the AEU’s ‘I give a ...

The Australian Greens are taking the policy of $4.6 billion in Gonski funding for students with disabilities – to be rolled out over the next four years – to the next election. Styling themselves as the only party to fund the needs of ...