An overcrowded primary school in Port Melbourne is being forced to use a local park as a playground this year due to a lack of space. To accommodate a spike in enrolments, portable classrooms have been set up on limited ...

Imagine if, as a student, you could be in charge of your school for one day?

As long as the current arrangements over school funding remain, significant funding opportunities may be missed, warns the Australian Education Union.

The expectation that a private school education guarantees an advantage at university may be wrong, say leading educators. By Aileen Macalintal

South Australian parents sending their children to private schools this year can expect to pay an extra $355 with fees rising by an average of 5.5 per cent. By Antonia Maiolo

If we are to improve our reputation for innovation, universities must be more aware of the business approach to marketing and development. We hear often today about productivity and innovation. Productivity is seen as the key to the future, unlocking ...

Children could be better off playing video games over the school holidays than watching television, a new study shows. Dr Penny Sweetser, Dr Daniel Johnson and Dr Peta Wyeth, from Queensland University of Technology Games Research and Interactive Design (GRID) ...

Start adjusting your child’s sleep schedule now to avoid them feeling jet lagged for the first few weeks of school, sleep experts say. Professor Dorothy Bruck, sleep psychologist, from Victoria University said, “Getting students back into early morning starts for ...

A “strengths-based approach” to school readiness is needed to recognise the knowledge and understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have before they engage in formal learning. The latest report from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) reviewed the ...

New research shows homework has little benefit to primary school children and that too much could be a bad thing. The release of a book urging teachers to revaluate how much homework is given to children follows a move in ...