Libraries are dying – and that means the role of the teacher librarian (TL) is more important than ever. Dr Kasey Garrison, a senior lecturer in the Charles Sturt University School of Information Studies, said as broader society ponders the ...

Green time is better than screen time when it comes to a student's mental health and academic achievement. That was the key finding from a University of Adelaide review of 186 studies from around the world. Time spent watching TV, ...

EducationReview · Early childhood expert questions holding preschoolers back After a Dandenong primary school principal recently considered the benefits of keeping preschoolers back for another year, Education Review approached Associate Professor Christine Woodrow from Western Sydney University to obtain her ...

Olivia Sharpe, one of the cast members of docu-series Love on the Spectrum, told audiences that it was difficult being a woman on the autism spectrum due to the lack of gendered diagnostic criteria – and clinical psychologist Vicki Bitsika ...

New research has found that no concrete evidence exists to suggest that new teachers are less competent than their experienced counterparts, despite reforms and recommendations in recent years to improve the quality of teaching graduates. Led by Professor Linda Graham ...

It's a case of one small step for man, one giant leap for Australian golden wattle. Seeds of the national floral emblem will be blasted into orbit ahead of a visit to the International Space Station. Australia has handed the ...

The Australian Education Union (AEU) is sceptical about a proposed new form of assessment called the Australian National Standardised Assessment (ANSA) after a review into NAPLAN last week. The NAPLAN review was commissioned by the Queensland, NSW, ACT and Victorian ...

School suspension times will be halved for most students in NSW under a draft strategy released today. The overhaul would reduce the maximum period of suspension for Years 3 to 12 students from 20 days to 10 and mean that ...

Concerns about the validity and fairness of the LANTITE test continue as two prominent academics in the education sector have commented on how the current Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) is administered. In a meeting with ...

To improve dementia understanding, Australia needs to invest in the next generation. UniSA’s Dr Ashleigh Smith, a cognitive ageing expert, said this is because children are the nation’s future leaders, local shop keepers, bankers and neighbours. “Children generally don’t know ...