What does it take to increase public school enrolments? A Chaser turned anti-waste advocate? The Public Education Foundation (PEF) is betting on Craig Reucassel and other high-profile, high-achieving Australians to inspire the return of students to government secondary schools, via their #ProudlyPublic campaign. ...

School students at Trinity College in Perth are using virtual reality to take a look inside the world of plants not seen with the naked eye. Created by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology (PEB) at The ...

School communities are still failing to best support students with autism – and a lack of understanding about communication may be to blame. Professor Jacqueline Roberts, director of the Griffith University Autism Centre of Excellence, said while the implementation of adaptations as to ...

Three strikes and bullies are out, if principals say so. That’s one of the tenets of Victorian leader of the opposition Matthew Guy’s answer to school bullying across the state. Guy’s office said the $15.3 million plan – which the ...

The Federal Government is pushing to make sport mandatory across Australian schools. Federal Sports Minister Bridget McKenzie told Sky News that just like numeracy, reading and writing, physical literacy is an important part of holistic education. “We know that [Australian ...

Legendary 90s band Nirvana were known for their members' excesses. Indeed, lead singer Kurt Cobain took his own life aged 27, after myriad drug and alcohol struggles. Growing out of the punk and grunge movement was an anti-substance abuse subculture: straight ...

The Office of the eSafety commissioner is hoping a new video game will help encourage digital intelligence and online safety skills. The Lost Summer was designed for students to play in the classroom to help them think about the social and emotional ...

Adolescents who drink regularly are twice as likely to binge drink as adults, a new study has revealed. The UNSW researchers behind the study said it provides the most robust evidence to date that patterns of drinking in adolescence persist into adulthood. Published ...

Specialist teachers in NSW will need to have extensively studied their subjects at university before they can teach in high schools, the state's education minister says. Rob Stokes is expected to announce a toughening of the prerequisites for educators today so ...

The amount of time spent on paperwork is ridiculous – we should be teaching not ticking boxes." I find lesson planning often gets pushed back to make time for administrative work when creating engaging, quality lessons should be a priority." ...