Last week, after discussing how much time was being spent in front of Minecraft, my eldest came back at me with a frustratingly good observation: “But Dad… it’s educational!” He wasn’t wrong.  As a high school maths teacher, I’d ordinarily ...

“Instead of helping her develop the language, all primary teachers assessed her language in comparison with the monolinguals and demanded to cut the other languages ‘to improve’ the school language.” That was one parent’s account of the way their daughter’s ...

Australian researchers believe uniform delivery of lunchtime food at school could be a recipe for better childhood nutrition and learning. Nutrition and dietetics researcher at Flinders University Professor Rebecca Golley said the model would involve all children in school being ...

It was used as a weapon against media by former US President Donald Trump and it’s “here to stay” – fake news was voted word of the decade. A team from Macquarie University asked Australians to choose from a shortlist ...

A new paper that explores the reasons why the children of welfare recipients are more likely to require welfare support themselves has revealed that not completing high school is the primary reason. The research also provides a more evidence-based understanding ...

Legislation introduced to NSW Parliament by One Nation’s Mark Latham would be “knocked out of operation” by the federal constitution if it was to pass, an expert says. Associate Professor Luke Beck, a constitutional law scholar based at Monash University, ...

Images of a so-called meteorite crash landing on the grounds of a Queensland school have gone viral. The Australia crash investigation unit Facebook page shared the photos with the hashtag #meteorite on Monday morning. The post caused such a stir it was ...

 EducationReview · Finnish education is coming to Australia | Michael Lawrence The last time I interviewed Michael Lawrence the experienced music and English teacher had just published his book Testing 3, 2, 1: What Australian Education Can Learn from ...

A new Holocaust museum will be established in Canberra to educate Australians about the mass murder of six million Jewish people. The federal government will provide $750,000 towards the new memorial to help students, teachers and the wider community learn about ...

Despite legitimate concerns that COVID-19 could significantly impact Year 12 student achievement in 2020, over 77 per cent of a Brisbane girls’ school’s 190 students achieved an ATAR score of 90 or above (equivalent of OP 1-5). Following on from ...