October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and this represents a special time for educators of students with Down syndrome and others with a range of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities. More informed models of teaching mathematics must include rich, comparable educational ...

The latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report highlights that Australia’s public spending on education is shrouded by private investment and is below the OECD average. Dr Emma Rowe, an expert in school funding and education policy at ...

The Australian Education Union (AEU) is sceptical about a proposed new form of assessment called the Australian National Standardised Assessment (ANSA) after a review into NAPLAN last week. The NAPLAN review was commissioned by the Queensland, NSW, ACT and Victorian ...

The Media Centre for Education Research Australia (MCERA) has created a weekly series that asks educational experts to address some of the most pertinent issues affecting education in the time of COVID-19. MCERA believes it’s critical that educators learn something ...

Three schools in the Illawarra region of NSW will now have their own academy of STEM excellence under the NSW Department of Education’s STEM Industry School Partnerships (SISP) Program. The Illawarra Academy will be based at three local high schools ...

EducationReview · 'Future proofing' students for the 21st century and how it can be done: Podcast Professor Sandra Milligan from the University of Melbourne and her fellow experts were inspired to write the report 'Future Proofing Students: What they need ...

A new global report by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has concluded that Australian educators require more investment in professional development and training to better equip them to deal with students with a disability and reduce ...

EducationReview · NSWTF president Angelo Gavrielatos speaks about upcoming independent inquiry Submissions will close next month into the NSW Teachers Federation's independent inquiry into the value of teachers’ work. The inquiry will be chaired by former WA premier and professor ...

A new study has found that girls as young as four can both overcome educational disadvantage and feel empowered to participate in STEM-based activities through emphasising play-based learning. Researchers at Monash University found that girls’ “thoughts and actions are endorsed ...

The chair of the NSW Education Standards Authority has criticised the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank for distorting both the final years of schooling and students’ subject choices. Professor Peter Shergold, the chancellor of Western Sydney University, is currently chairing a ...