A quarter of Australians in their mid-20s are not engaged in full-time work, training or study – a report from the Mitchell Institute has shown. Equal opportunity in Australia 2015 examined young people’s progress through four key educational milestones, from ...

A personal safety app has been launched by the mother of murdered Adelaide schoolgirl Carly Ryan. Sonya Ryan - whose 15-year-old daughter was groomed online and murdered by a pedophile in 2007 - has launched Thread, a free safety app ...

Giving kids an element of responsibility is integral to making them feel valued for who they are, an expert has said. Dr Alan Campbell, research fellow at Curtin University’s School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, said children who feel ...

Science should be taught separately and by specialist teachers in primary schools, a winner of this year’s Prime Minister’s Prize for Science has said. In current primary school curriculums, science is taught by general teachers and integrated throughout the day ...

Education Minister Simon Birmingham has defended the government’s spending on supports for students with a disability after comments he made during a Senate estimates hearing last week sparked industry fears of future funding cuts. Birmingham's defence also followed strong criticisms ...

Education must be grounded in an understanding of the natural world, a professor of education at St Mary’s University, London, has said. Professor Paul Clarke is touring South Australian Catholic schools to show students and teachers how they can care ...

Creative writing is undervalued in schools, a professor of teacher education at the University of Sydney has said. Professor Robyn Ewing said the implementation of high-stakes standardised testing throughout schools, such as NAPLAN, has led to storytelling and creative writing not being ...

Students, teachers and even education ministers are being asked to reflect on their experiences with starting school in a Charles Sturt University research project. Pedagogies of Educational Transitions (POET) – an international research collaboration CSU is part of – is asking people ...

You can’t bluff it. That was the key advice an award-winning secondary school instructor gave  to teaching students. Evangelos Polymeneas, from South Australia’s Salisbury High School and an Australian Scholarship Group National Excellence in Teaching Awards recipient, is mentoring education students ...

The Australian Education Union has hit back against claims that it dictates New South Wales teacher education policy to limit the number of incoming teachers for the benefit of its existing members. Australian Catholic University vice-chancellor professor Greg Craven previously told Education Review ...