NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has applauded the parliamentary inquiry into NSW's school performance, headed by committee chair Mark Latham, after its release this week. Speaking to smh.com.au ahead of the SMH Schools Summit, she said: “I applaud the committee for ...

The headmaster of one of Australia's most prestigious private schools has bowed to public pressure and resigned following revelations aired on ABC's Four Corners program on Monday night. Following the announcement, Australia's centre for excellence in trauma treatment, The Blue Knot Foundation, ...

Students at more than 250 government-run schools in the United Arab Emirates are officially done with homework. The National newspaper reports that the Education Ministry is abolishing homework in public schools in the emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi to ...

The Australian Education Union (AEU) has criticised the Morrison government’s commitment to closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous outcomes in a number of areas, including early childhood education. Following the release of the Closing the Gap 2020 Report, the ...

Over a decade ago, Commonwealth, state, territory and local governments committed to closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage in a number of key areas. The 2020 Closing the Gap Report has just been released, containing information relating to Indigenous peoples’ life ...

Australia’s independent schools’ union has created an online program to help school staff and students deal with the trauma associated with this summer’s unprecedented fire season. The online training commences today, with nearly 500 subscribers. After the course finishes, a recording of ...

The Grattan Institute has revealed a 12-year blueprint to improve student results by creating attractive new roles for teachers. The institute claims the new career trajectory for expert teachers could “boost student learning by 18 months by the time they ...

The smart, dedicated student might be not get the high marks of the smart, dedicated and emotionally intelligent student, new research suggests. Published in the journal Psychological Bulletin, the study showed that school and university students with higher emotional intelligence tend to ...

Evidence shows that ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disability and its symptoms shouldn’t be simply put down as bad behaviour. That’s something Associate Professor Helen Boon from James Cook University wants cleared up in schools. Boon said there was still some ...

There has long been consensus among literacy and education experts that Australian students’ writing abilities are eroding, with last year’s NAPLAN results for years 7 and 9 showing an average decline since 2011. Teachers, politicians and the media have all ...