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 ...

The money set aside for support to students with disabilities in Victoria is far less at independent schools. When a school-aged child is diagnosed with a disability in Victoria, in both state and independent schools the child may be eligible ...

In Hobart this June, Dark Mofo project The Hothouse will gather relevant specialists, academics and members of the public to discuss ideas on how to improve Tasmania’s educational outcomes. For 72 hours from June 1-3, 2015, The Hothouse Session will ...

Teachers need more support to go that extra mile in working with autistic children, a leading autism expert has said. Chris Varney, chief enabling officer of I CAN Network, an organisation empowering young people with autism, said at a macro-level ...

Strong demand for quality education in the Middle East creates opportunity for Australian institutions to establish lucrative partnerships. By Mark Abell and Melissa Murray The Australian education sector has a strong international reputation and could make a major contribution to ...

Children who learn a foreign language beginning in early childhood learning can benefit from increased critical thinking skills, memory and flexibility of the mind, experts say. University of Queensland bilingual education expert Dr Simone Smala said other benefits of bilingualism ...

A new survey reveals the factors that affect school choice amongst parents of children attending independent schools in Queensland. More than 1,000 parents from 67 independent schools across the state were surveyed by Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ) with the results ...

In an extended interview, education editor Antonia Maiolo spoke to Toni Hurley president of the History Teachers’ Association of NSW about teaching history in the 21st century. Hurley shared her views on the value of teaching the subject as well ...

Underprivileged public schools expect to receive a helping hand in the form of more philanthropic donations following the passage of federal legislation broadening the range of allowable tax-deductible contributions. The legislation, passed by Parliament last week, grants the organisation Australian Schools ...