The Eddie Woo phenomenon demonstrated what’s possible in the classroom when teachers are passionate about what they teach and use technology to engage students. The Cherrybrook Technology High School teacher earned worldwide attention when he created his highly engaging YouTube ...

Brazil’s public-school system is undergoing a revolutionary change spearheaded by new President Jair Bolsonaro, the former army captain dubbed “the Trump of the Tropics”. Students at Ceilandria State School No.7 returned to school this year to find two dozen armed ...

A Year 6 student has delivered a rousing speech to Reconciliation Australia staff about the violence faced by First Nations people. Trinity Grammar School student Daniel Lok wrote the speech as part of his school’s public speaking competition after reading ...

Teachers are considering leaving the profession over the bullying they cop, so experts have floated a possible partial solution to the problem: a mandatory code of conduct for parents and students. Their study found a vast majority (80 per cent) of teachers ...

More than two thirds of parents feel financial pressure when paying schools fees. Overall, 68 per cent of parents feel either a little or a lot of financial pressure to pay for school fees. This figure rose to 80 per ...

While there is a generally accurate perception that tertiary qualifications will earn you a higher income in the long run when compared with higher-level vocational training, the reverse is true when it comes to careers in STEM, according to new research. ...

Researchers have tracked a significant decline in reading scores among children in their early years of school. The QUT team analysed word-level reading trajectories of a group of more than 100 students from grades one to three and found children ...

Teachers just want teachable kids but parents focus more on literacy in the lead-up to children starting school. That was one of the key disconnects between the groups unearthed by new research. The study explored how parents are preparing children ...

The NAPLAN report card has been published and it confirms the findings of the snapshot released in August last year. While there were no statistically significant changes in any of the NAPLAN test domains when compared with 2017 results, ACARA ...

Upfront costs for some training courses will be scrapped for young Tasmanians hoping to study project management, civil construction and engineering, under a $17 million federal government funding boost. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the plan applies to priority subjects ...