Almost two out of three severely obese children under the age of 12 have at least one risk factor for heart disease such as high blood pressure or high blood sugar, researchers say. Dutch researchers have found that 62 per cent of ...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard met the premiers and chief ministers on Wednesday for COAG, which had the Gonski schools funding review and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) at the top of the agenda. While there was a result for ...

The federal opposition says too much has been spent on reducing school class sizes and not enough on lifting the quality of teachers. Opposition education spokesman Christopher Pyne says Australia's education system is not attracting the best people to the profession. "We have ...

Digital literacy levels have gone up for year 6 students but they haven’t improved for year 10 students. And a student’s digital literacy is affected by their background, geographical location and to a lesser extent their gender. These results are ...

Public schools could be forced to close across Victoria with thousands of education support staff workers poised to join teachers and principals in a mass strike. Fair Work Australia on Thursday granted an Australian Education Union (AEU) request to let its 7000 members ...

Stripping millions of dollars in funding from disability services in NSW schools will seriously disadvantage students with special needs, a union says. The government denies that money is being cut but admits schools may lose resources if enrolments change. Parents ...

Education rather than the carbon tax or asylum seekers was the focus of questions at a forum hosted by the Prime Minister in Queensland this week. Less than two weeks after the implementation of the federal government's carbon tax, the ...

A new online curriculum resource on tax and super for high school students that includes lesson plans for teachers is up and running. The site aims to help young people understand how taxation supports the community and superannuation provides for ...

A key element of the federal government's upcoming white paper on the Asian Century will be to encourage Australian students to attend top Asian universities. The Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Dennis Richardson, told a conference ...

A $15 million AFL academy for indigenous children in Darwin will soon be formally announced. Details of the Michael Long Indigenous Football Academy are expected to be unveiled at a media conference in Darwin on Thursday. Federal Regional Development Minister ...