Overseas students affected by the closure of a Sydney flying school have been paid only $21,000 of the more than $700,000 owed to them. Aerospace Aviation was placed into voluntary administration by its directors on 12 February. Efforts to find ...

The elevation of Julia Gillard to Prime Minister this morning means a new education minister may bring about a focus on evidence-based policy and on meaningful consultation with educators. Providing his initial reaction to this morning’s developments, education commentator Chris ...

A new resource that aims to help primary school students navigate the internet safely has been launched. The ‘Cybersmart Hero’ online program is part of a $38 million federal education cyber safety plan that provides support for students in their ...

The Tasmanian government has abandoned its controversial post Year 10 education reforms, coming to a compromise with the Greens. The Tasmania Tomorrow reforms were a crucial issue at the last election, which saw Labor win government in minority, relying upon ...

The recently released Queensland and NSW state budgets both contained big education spending. Queensland’s education budget included a big boost to early childhood services. The state pledged $9.5 billion for education in this year's budget, which will fund 40 kindergartens ...

The federal government is not funding projects being built under the Building the Education Revolution at schools facing closure, education minister Julia Gillard has said. More than a dozen schools which are the subject of consultation over possible closure next ...

As parents rallied outside Parliament House in Canberra yesterday to protest alleged waste and mismanagement in the government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER) program, the pressure on education minister Julia Gillard to fix problems with the scheme intensified. The $14.1 ...

Australian researchers are about to begin a landmark study to determine how rejection affects children at one of the most sensitive times in their lives. Researchers have long understood the destructive power of rejection on human beings, who are driven ...

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has made it clear – high school students counting on a computer from the federal government won't get it if he wins power. Labor's $2.1 billion National Secondary School Computer Fund aims to give all children ...

New figures showing Queensland students' graduation results by school will lead to better standards, not unhelpful league tables, the state’s education minister has said. The Queensland government on Tuesday released information about how 2009's Year 12 students performed. Education Minister ...