The parents of children who fail to attend school regularly will be prosecuted under legislative amendments to be introduced in the Northern Territory parliament this month. The draft legislation will broaden the powers of regional attendance officers to issue on-the-spot ...

All public schools in South Australia will be able to merit select their own teachers under draft policy announced by state Education Minister, Jay Weatherill. However, priority placement will continue for teachers working in rural and remote areas who hold ...

A renewed push to boost Asia literacy in Australian schooling is underway with government and education decision makers being called on to deliver a new national action plan. The call, spearheaded by the Asia Education Foundation, has been endorsed by ...

A key target in the Federal Government’s commitment to achieving universal access to preschool is behind schedule. DEEWR revealed that only two of the 38 planned integrated children and family centres will be completed and operational by its interim deadline ...

The government’s decision to close the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) is incompatible with its own commitment to boost the number of young people with a higher education qualification. Further, it goes against other key recommendations of the Bradley ...

When Sharon Broadbent joined Northfield Primary School as deputy principal in 2002, student enrolment had fallen to 190. By the time she left as principal last year, enrolments were up to 340. It’s just one indicator of the impact the ...

Equity of educational outcomes, recurrent and capital funding, needs-based funding and support for students with special needs and students with a disability. These were among the key issues raised by over 70 education stakeholders who met with the panel leading ...

South Australia and Tasmania are the latest states to introduce a financial incentives scheme to lure bored and disaffected teachers into early retirement. The individual cash payments of up to $20,000 in Tasmania, and $50,000 in South Australia, are part ...

Teachers and principals in Western Australia are raising major concerns about the creation of a two-tiered public education system, as a result of the state government’s Independent Public Schools (IPS) program. Their concerns come as the Gillard Government moves to ...

Do science teachers in high performing countries do it better, or just differently? That’s the question a team of Australian researchers hopes to answer as they compare science teaching in the primary classrooms of Australia, Taiwan and Germany. The goal ...