A scholarship scheme enabling teachers to investigate new and emerging technologies and their application to teaching has been announced. The two $10,000 Logitech New and Emerging Technologies Scholarships will fund travel to universities, schools and educational institutions for the study ...

The eagerly anticipated final report of the House Inquiry into School Libraries and Teachers Librarians is due to be tabled next Monday. Advocacy group The Hub said the development of new national school library standard for staffing, funding and role ...

High school students researching pathways for further study will now have access to a resource that brings together information about sustainability courses offered by higher education institutions across Australia. The national Learning and Teaching Sustainability site includes a searchable database ...

Victorian Education Minister Martin Dixon has come under fire for refusing to guarantee class sizes will be maintained as part of its planned productivity gains from teachers. Before the November state election, the coalition promised to make Victorian teachers the ...

Independent Schools Queensland has questioned how the $425 million Rewards for Great Teachers program announced in Tuesday night's budget will work. Executive director David Robertson said while he supported funding that valued the teaching profession he was not convinced the ...

The federal government will spend more than a quarter of a billion dollars to encourage Indigenous Australians to stay in school and find work. The government will spend an extra $171 million to continue a raft of programs that target ...

The report, which was written by psychologist Kimberley O'Brien with Pilot Pen Australia, found children could be depending too much on technology such as computers. "This false confidence can lead to feeling inadequate in their own academic abilities and vulnerability ...

Teenage parents will have their welfare payments cut if they don't return to school to finish Year 12 when their baby turns one. Young mums and dads will also have to attend Centrelink meetings six months after their baby is ...

Treasurer Wayne Swan has refused to be drawn on reports the government will halve the discount which university students get for paying their fees upfront. It's been suggested the government will halve the 20 per cent discount for upfront payments ...

New research showing a pattern of ‘cultural polarisation in schools across the board’ has been released, bringing the ‘white flight’ phenomenon back into the spotlight. Analysis of My School 2.0 and census data by Chistina Ho of the University of ...