The ACT opposition has called on the government to bring forward the $1 million it promised to invest in school canteens, as it has emerged Canberra’s tuck shops are struggling to survive. In recent years, 16 school-run canteens in Canberra ...

The public’s attitude to the funding of Australian schools shows overwhelming support for the Gonski review, and opposition to further education cuts proposed by state governments, a new national poll has revealed. Nine out of ten Australians believe it is ...

When Sara Taylor was offered one week’s relief teaching in a special education classroom, little did she realise it was to shape the course of her career. That week turned into two years, but by the end of the first ...

Reliable high-speed service delivered by the national broadband network is showing positive results at the schools it has reached. By Antonia Maiolo The NBN rollout is gaining momentum and already improving learning opportunities for school students, according to a study ...

A Sydney school has scrapped the sale of all bottled drinks, joining universities across the Eastern seaboard banning bottled water in the name of the environment. St Ignatius’ College Riverview has now replaced all drink vending machines and drinks sold ...

A program developed by Murdoch University researchers is helping to keep Aboriginal culture alive for a small group of primary school pupils in Perth. Children from Southwell Primary School in Hamilton Hill have been involved in a trial of the ...

The gap between the disadvantaged and well-off schools is too big and must be dealt with in a new funding model. By Trevor Cobbold This will be a very big year for school education and a make or break year ...

It is not the slogan that determines what a school actually does for its students but its overall teaching practice. By Paul Herbert and Ngaire Tagney Schools these days are a marketer’s dream. Glossy brochures and impressive statements abound, describing ...

The national testing scheme has been widely criticised for impeding learning and the opposition says it will remove some data from the My School site. Louis White reports. it was back in 2008 that the federal government introduced the National Assessment ...

The review recommendations must be applied to stop education levels sliding, as seen in international test results. By Angelo Gavrielatos There have been few more important years in Australian education than 2013. This is the year when the future funding of ...