Parents and primary school pupils are still waiting to find out when the Queensland government will move Year 7 to high school. Queensland Education Minister Cameron Dick said he would not rush a decision. The plan would bring Queensland into ...

Storytelling has been an integral part of Aboriginal culture for hundreds of years, and now the Federal Government hopes it will improve their health. The nationwide Live Longer program has four main messages: quit smoking, eat healthy foods, get regular ...

Victorian teachers fresh out of university are often ill-equipped to handle bullying, the state education minister has said. Martin Dixon launched the government's $14.5 million plan to curb bullying on Tuesday, which includes a program to tackle cyber bullying and ...

NSW and Victoria are ahead of the other states when it comes to implementing national early childhood education reforms, a new report has found. But federal child care minister Kate Ellis praised each state and territory on the steps they ...

Children who lack access to healthy foods, particularly fruit and vegetables, are twice as likely to develop behavioural problems, a new study has found. A Queensland University of Technology Institute of Health study surveyed 500 households across Brisbane in 2009 ...

Australia's education system is structurally flawed when it comes to literacy and numeracy, a peak business group boss has said. The Industry Skills Councils released a report, No More Excuses, which claims almost half of Australia's working age population does ...

It's been revealed that hundreds of childcare centres in NSW are struggling to meet the federal government's tough new industry standards and some could be forced to close within three years. The Sun-Herald newspaper at the weekend reported that NSW ...

Practical placements are a vital part of all teacher education degrees, but they are underfunded and often poorly structured, according to the Melbourne Graduate School of Education’s submission to the government’s school funding review. The lack of incentives for experienced ...

Autonomous school leadership is now on the national education agenda. If autonomous school leadership is to be promoted by governments as a means to drive school improvement in Australia then educators must embrace an understanding of school governance and leadership ...

The government’s decision to discontinue future funding for the Primary Connections and Science by Doing programs continues to attract widespread criticism. Anna-Maria Arabia, CEO of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS), said they were very concerned at ...