Some students might bemoan putting on the same shirt and pant combo every day to match their peers, while for others it might mean less stress that morning. The Conversation’s section editor for education Sasha Petrova asked five Australian academics ...

School students around Australia are giving feedback to their teachers in the form of emojis. Classrooms are introducing the Student Feedback tool, which helps teachers poll how students are feeling, whether they’re keeping up with the lesson or if they ...

To give younger Australians a fair go, governments need to wind back age-based tax breaks for ‘comfortably off’ older adults. That’s according to the Grattan Institute’s new report. It revealed that older Australians today spend more and have higher incomes ...

A former NSW Crown Prosecutor has wrapped up his review of the state’s Department of Education Employee Performance and Conduct directorate (EPAC) – and confirmed “substantial flaws” in its investigations. EPAC was charged with investigating misconduct by Department employees and ...

Dr Melissa Cain and Melissa Fanshawe have a lot in common. They share a first name, are both university researchers and are mothers to 12-year old sons. But most remarkably, both of their sons have been diagnosed with the same ...

The latest Grattan Institute report found that men who scored lower ATARs at school but gained vocational qualifications in engineering, construction and commerce could have higher average earnings than if they had instead pursued a degree qualification. Uni at all cost? The ...

Parental licensing has long been mulled over by academic philosophers and political scientists, but a social work researcher says the idea is fraught with problems. James Cook University’s Dr Frank Ainsworth reviewed international studies on parental licensing – the idea ...

An exclusive Sydney boys’ school insists it has the “gold standard for protection” of students after one of its teachers was charged with possessing child pornography. Detectives were called to Knox Grammar School at Wahroonga on Monday afternoon after “a ...

    Teacher performance-linked pay, teacher performance generally and student achievement – these are three issues that are never far from the headlines. But are the debates founded on sound evidence or merely the thought bubbles of politicians and populist ...

The ICC T20 Cricket World Cup will be incorporated into an Australian Curriculum-aligned Schools Program this year. Working in collaboration with Cricket Australia, the program will comprise “exploratory learning units” for both primary and secondary students aged 5-16 and complement ...