Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has said he remains resolute in his push to make mathematics and science compulsory subjects for years 11 and 12 despite apparently being rebuffed by his state and territory counterparts. Speaking after a recent meeting ...

Western countries trying to catch up with high-performing education systems in Asia will soon be left behind as they begin to shed their traditional models of learning, new research warns. A new report, Lessons that matter: What should we learn ...

Segregation by wealth in the school system is a threat to Australia’s education performance, a new report says. The next wave of gains in student achievement will depend on schools and education systems learning to collaborate with other schools, community ...

Childhood assessment and early intervention approaches must do more for children from culturally diverse backgrounds, according new research. Sarah Verdon who recently completed her PhD at Charles Sturt University investigated providing equitable and quality services for multilingual children with speech ...

The Australian Scholarship Group is disappointed by the uncertainty of future education funding as delivered in the latest Budget by the Abbott government. “Unfortunately, the budget was more silent than it should have been on a key topic like education. ...

Despite reduced funding to the states for schools, education has weathered a relatively low-key budget, industry experts have said. Spruiking his government’s budget, the education minister, Christopher Pyne, highlighted the allocation of $1.3 billion in 2015–16, and more than $5 billion from ...

Drama is set to hit Victorian primary schools in a big way in 2017 with all schools expected to give more weight to their arts programs. According to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority by 2017, all Victorian schools will ...

Many high school duxes in NSW will be guaranteed a place at the University of Sydney next year under a new program designed to open pathways to a broader range of students no matter what their ATAR score is. “It’s ...

Greater investment is needed to fund vital school infrastructure over the next 20 years, a new  Independent Schools Queensland report states. ISQ executive director David Robertson said innovative investments are necessary to fund about 120 new schools in Queensland by 2031, to ...

Queensland’s education department has announced it will partner with the Queensland Education Leadership Institute to deliver a new state school review program. From early in Term 2, review teams will begin assessing each of the state’s 1233 public schools. A ...