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 ...

Education union officials are taking their fight for more public school funding to Parliament House, flanked by some high profile supporters. Labor leader Bill Shorten, his deputy Tanya Plibersek, and Greens leader Richard Di Natale joined campaigners in Canberra on Tuesday ...

We increasingly focus on what we eat and drink but much less attention is paid to the quality of the air we breathe, yet it can have considerable health implications. Now, RMIT researchers are working with schools and aged care ...

Public teachers across Tasmania will walk off the job next week amid a bitter public sector pay and conditions dispute with the state government. The Australian Education Union (AEU) said the industrial action comes after the government failed to respond ...

All kids are hearing is radio ga ga as they helm their new show. The University of Southern Queensland has given school students free rein of its radio station. Called Lunchbox, the program gives students the chance to present a one-hour ...

Computers are no longer a novelty in Australian classrooms, so much so that classrooms without technology are themselves fast becoming remarkable. In a growing number of schools, time in the computer room has been replaced by a laptop or tablet ...

Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar is one of several schools taking part in an Australian-first program designed to ignite students’ passion for of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM) from an early age through play. The new program, run by ...

Australia should scrap the current census approach of NAPLAN and replace it with sample testing of students, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has been told. In its submission to COAG's review of NAPLAN, the Gonski Institute for Education at ...