The School for Life Foundation provides access to education for dozens of children in Uganda. By Antonia Maiolo. Annabelle Chauncy and Dave Everett were both just 21 years old when they decided to set up the School for Life ...

Informal gatherings help educators find, implement new tools. By Fran Molloy The global TeachMeet movement started in Scotland in 2005 when a group of teachers got together to share ideas about introducing technology into their classrooms – and the concept ...

Chatswood’s St Pius X inspires more fitness activity with new gym, equipment. By Antonia Maiolo Greg Virgona, sportsmaster at St Pius X College (SPX) in Chatswood, Sydney, has found that the newly renovated school gym is inspiring more students to ...

  The revitalisation of an old school in an inner-city suburb of Brisbane has enhanced teaching and learning and won recognition in the wider community. By Antonia Maiolo John Robertson’s dream of turning his school into a brighter and more ...

  Streamlined dismissal plan, additional support highlight reforms. By Aileen Macalintal. If a government school teacher in NSW fails to meet standards three times, a principal may initiate action that could lead to dismissal under a new policy. The new ...

Newly elected government pledged continued support during campaign. By Antonia Maiolo The Teach for Australia program appears set to continue, as both Labor and the Coalition have pledged support for the scheme, which fast tracks non-teaching graduates into teaching jobs. ...

These popular software products help teachers keep track of student behaviour. By Cathy Wever. Behaviour management. It’s the perennial classroom issue and as relevant as ever – perhaps even more so – now that computers and online learning are part ...

Pyne rejects claim Abbott would match only one-third of Labor’s education budget. By Aileen Macalintal. The Australian Education Union has said the Coalition would match only one-third of Labor’s school funding pledge; shadow minister for education Christopher Pyne has said ...

The Australian Greens have pledged to deliver funding for 2235 new teachers in disadvantaged government schools as part of a $1 billion scheme to relieve the pressure on teachers and schools and lift Australian educational achievement. Greens leader Senator Christine ...

Abbott pledges to match Labor dollar-for-dollar in funding. By Dallas Bastian. The Coalition will match Labor’s funding for Australian schools over the next four years, Opposition leader Tony Abbott and shadow education minister Christopher Pyne pledged in a policy outline. ...