Teaching young kids computer science and coding is a good idea, argues a Charles Sturt University (CSU) expert, who says primary-aged children take to digital technology at a relatively fast rate. Jason Howarth, course director at the CSU school of ...

Lend Lease this week announced Discover Barangaroo, an online learning portal adding a new dimension to the state’s geography teaching syllabus. Lend Lease managing director for Barangaroo South, Andrew Wilson, said: “More than 60,000 NSW secondary school students who study geography each ...

A prestigious Melbourne girls' private school has cut ties with the Uniting Church, preventing it from having a say on how the school is run. The Uniting Church has accepted "with some sadness" that Methodist Ladies' College is changing its ...

Segregation by wealth is a threat to academic performance; but a focus on collaboration, within the school and with the community, can help overcome it. By Tom Bentley A commitment to collaboration can make all the difference for a school ...

One of Australia’s biggest banks has announced the launch of a business program aimed at nurturing young entrepreneurs. NAB has partnered with the Foundation for Young Australians to deliver $20 Boss, a $1 million program designed to equip Australian students ...

A student at an elite Melbourne private school has reportedly cost his classmates $185,000 in a failed financial scheme. The Herald Sun has been told the boy from Scotch College invited senior students to invest in an online fashion startup, ...

The twin of the man accused of killing teacher Stephanie Scott has arrived at Adelaide airport with the NSW detectives overseeing his extradition to Sydney. Marcus Stanford, 24, was arrested at his home in Forreston, in the Adelaide Hills, on ...

Too many Victorian students are falling behind and dropping out, so the state government is calling on the community for innovative ideas to improve the system. The government has launched a two-month consultation period on two education and schools discussion ...

Risk anxiety amongst teachers and parents is invading the school playground and could lead to inactivity and boredom, a Charles Darwin University researcher is suggesting in a new report. International Graduate Centre of Education researcher and lecturer Dr Brendon Hyndman ...

Officials hope there will be an explosion of students learning classical Greek once there's a curriculum for primary and high schools. The curriculum authority is now working on how students could learn Hindi, Turkish, Auslan (sign language), classical Greek and ...