It’s long been known that healthy levels of physical activity benefit one’s entire body and have a positive effect on mood. But new research has found that there is a link between school students’ levels of exercise and their mental ...

Knox Gardens Primary School in Melbourne has been busy collaborating with other Melbourne schools to create a resource that will help document students’ and teachers’ stories of remote learning and isolation during COVID-19. Entitled ‘Our Shared Story’, the “global project” invites ...

One of Australia’s premier public policy think tanks has recommended a $1 billion tutoring grant to help disadvantaged students whose learning has been set back by the COVID-19 school closures. The Grattan Institute has written a report outlining the need ...

EducationReview · NSWTF president Angelo Gavrielatos speaks about upcoming independent inquiry Submissions will close next month into the NSW Teachers Federation's independent inquiry into the value of teachers’ work. The inquiry will be chaired by former WA premier and professor ...

A new study has found that girls as young as four can both overcome educational disadvantage and feel empowered to participate in STEM-based activities through emphasising play-based learning. Researchers at Monash University found that girls’ “thoughts and actions are endorsed ...

The chair of the NSW Education Standards Authority has criticised the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank for distorting both the final years of schooling and students’ subject choices. Professor Peter Shergold, the chancellor of Western Sydney University, is currently chairing a ...

People often assume that young children will bounce back after disruptive events or forget them completely but researchers are reminding Australians that pre-schoolers too are facing a pandemic. The University of Melbourne researchers hope a survey will help improve understanding ...

An education expert at Monash University has warned that we need to prepare our schools for further disruptions in the future, despite families and schools looking forward to returning to the classroom. Professor Neil Selwyn from Monash’s Faculty of Education ...

It’s the place where stars are made and has a reputation for being a punishing yet almost guaranteed gateway into the acting profession – whether that be theatre, television or film. Some of Australia’s most esteemed and talented actors learned their ...

Clinical psychologist Dr Danielle Einstein is concerned about how well teachers are prepared to handle students returning to school across the country this week. “Teachers have not been provided with any training in pre-emptive mental health strategies and therefore are ...