School’s almost out for summer. Along with the arrival of long days at the beach and snacking on mangoes, this signifies the release of end-of-term results. This year, however, praise for As, or in preschoolers’ case, for their festive crafts, ...

When a child gets seriously sick their healthcare takes precedence and, by necessity, their schooling is pushed to the sidelines. This was what Megan Gilmour, a mother from Canberra, saw happen to her son when he battled a two year illness, ...

Electronics giant Samsung and the University of Canberra have entered into a research partnership to find out how spatial reasoning can improve STEM education. Spatial reasoning refers to a person’s ability to visualise three-dimensional objects. For example, one uses spatial ...

New research by Curtin University has shown that girls as young as 6 feel the effects of child sexualisation in media. The researchers, led by Dr Michelle Jongenelis from Curtin’s School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, surveyed Australian girls aged ...

Australia's 15-year-old students have progressively declined in reading, mathematics and science over the past 12 years, according to results of the triennial Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Singapore topped the survey, which focuses on OECD nations, followed by Japan, ...

New research shows teenagers still enjoy the age-old practice of sitting down and reading a hard-copy book. The preliminary findings of a study from Deakin University and Murdoch University researchers found that three-quarters of 12- to 16-year-olds prefer to read paper ...

Mission Australia is calling for a comprehensive strategy for helping young people with mental health issues, following the findings of it latest youth survey. Mission Australia’s Youth Survey 2016 found that 20 per cent of the 22,000 people aged 15 to ...

American educator and AVID CEO Dr Sandy Husk was in Australia recently attending a conference at Victoria University. AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination and it's US initiative designed to help students learn and navigate education systems. Husk spoke with ...

Snapchat, used by teens in schools all over Australia, has joined the Children's eSafety Commissioner’s fight against cyber-bullying. Andree Wright, acting Children's eSafety Commissioner, said Snapchat would now work with the office to remove cyber-bullying material posted on the app. The ...

From catering for students seeking all levels of qualifications to a focus on wellbeing for the entire community, Aranmore Catholic’s principal wants to help everybody succeed. Each school day, between 30 and 50 young people eat at the Breakfast Club ...