Initial rises in Indigenous performance at school under SEAM program fall away. Indigenous school attendance improved when there was a threat that the federal government would cut welfare payments to parents if children didn’t go to school, researchers have found. ...

Cultural identity is a strong element in the success of Aboriginal students. Positive Aboriginal identity is key to success into the school performance of Indigenous students, a new study has shown. Research examining the performance of Aboriginal students in New ...

WA program will specialise teacher training and include topics such as sexting and social media. A new training program is set to boost sex education skills for WA teachers. Curtin University associate professor Sharyn Burns has launched a training course ...

Study shows letting students get just a quick look at a test beforehand can reduce anxiety. Letting kids look at exams before they begin can help reduce anxiety and improve performance, new research suggests. Test anxiety is a major threat ...

Participation in STEM subjects is down; a research team is looking at how teaching techniques can change that. A decline in the number of students pursuing science and maths is at the heart of a research project that aims to ...

Test design issues are taking blame for a decline in scores. By Antonia Maiolo The latest NAPLAN results show an overall drop in students’ writing scores since last year, but the difficulty of this year’s writing question is being blamed ...

Study shows most secondary students experience such verbal abuse and it can affect their mental health. Homophobic bullying is rife in school physical education lessons and is contributing to mental health problems in students, new research shows. The beyondblue study ...

Uni and Toowoomba school will continue to work together on scholarships and pathways. A renewed partnership between the University of Southern Queensland and Toowoomba FlexiSchool will continue to create education opportunities for students in the region. Vice-chancellor professor Jan Thomas says ...

Victorian education minister takes reins at alma mater for a day Victoria’s education minister, Martin Dixon, resumed his former career when he joined 130 business and community leaders across the state to spend a day in the life of a ...

Ditching the teaching method may cost NSW schools accreditation. Universities in NSW must teach phonics to student teachers or risk losing accreditation, the state’s education minister has ordered. “Phonics is a key skill in the teaching of reading,” NSW education ...