The return of Labor to government – albeit a minority government – is a positive development for Australian education if for no other reason than the long awaited review into schools funding will go ahead. That’s the view of many ...

Australia needs to do more to attract and retain its immigrant teachers, as new research has found a third were dissatisfied with their experience of migrating to Australia. Further, 40 per cent had experienced significant periods of unemployment since their ...

The national accreditation of pre-service teacher education programs will raise the quality of teachers, improve teacher mobility and boost Australia’s international reputation for teacher training. Initial responses to the consultation paper for the new national system, recently released by the ...

It’s back to the future for the island state. The Tasmania Tomorrow reforms have unravelled, with two of the three post-Year 10 educational authorities to be brought back under the ambit of the state education department. The controversial reforms – ...

Teacher, project manager, marketer, plumber, psychologist, mediator and facilitator. At one time or another, modern school leaders are all of these things, and more. And given the series of major education reforms and initiatives introduced since the Rudd government was ...

The government’s “hands off” approach to the delivery of scripture in NSW public schools has come under attack following details of variable teaching quality and professional standards. Australia’s first study of Special Religious Education (SRE) reported examples of extremism, indoctrination ...

A new university mentoring program is providing student teachers with a more realistic school-based experience, enabling them to develop peer relationships with teachers. The program from Murdoch University’s School of Education provides student teachers with the opportunity to spend a ...

WA Education Minister, Liz Constable is under pressure to reverse funding cuts to 21 regional high schools following a parliamentary inquiry recommending the funding be reinstated. Year 11 and 12 funding was removed from 21 District High Schools in a ...

Primary school principals have welcomed the BER taskforce’s interim report, saying it has vindicated the positive view they took of the program all along. The report by taskforce chief, former investment banker Brad Orgill, said just 254 schools, or 2.7 ...

oth the Australian modern history and ancient history documents are relatively conservative and arguably represent a missed opportunity in terms of creating exciting new courses for the 21st Century, history teachers have said. In its submission on the draft senior ...