Australia's Eddie Woo has missed out on the $US1 million ($A1.3 million) Global Teacher Prize. The prize, awarded by the Varkey Foundation at a glittering ceremony in Dubai on Sunday night, was won by British school teacher Andria Zafirakou. Mr ...

Robots were in abundance at Sydney Olympic Park over the weekend, as students participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition Australian Regionals. A total of 22 international teams and 52 Australian teams went head to head on Saturday, after spending six-weeks ...

Many Australian parents are out of their depth when it comes to their children's homework, new research has revealed. Commissioned by Firefly Learning, the new survey gathered data from more than 1,000 parents and 500 school aged children, to conclude ...

More than 1000 students from 32 high schools will congregate at Sydney Olympic Park for the Science and Engineering Challenge this week. The annual event is part of a national competition run by the University of Newcastle, and aims to ...

Construction of Victoria's first vertical school is now complete, with 160 students now settling in for term one. Located on a compact inner urban site of just over 0.5 hectares on Ferrars St, South Melbourne, the six-level building will eventually house ...

Coding opportunities are now out of this world, and high school students from every state will soon code robots in space for free. Young space-enthusiasts across the country will have the opportunity to control NASA robots inside the International Space ...

Queensland schoolgirls will be able to wear shorts instead of skirts with the government to bring the state's uniform policy into the modern age. Education Minister Grace Grace says she'll change the policy to formally allow girls who attend state ...

Australian Mathematical Science Institute's newest ambassador has issued a call for girl power in STEM subjects and careers. Choose Maths Careers Ambassador and Swinburne Associate Professor, Alan Duffy, was seated on a panel at the Choose Maths International Women's Day ...

After bouncing back from the collapse of parent companies Independent Colleges Australia and ABC Learning in 2011, Victoria's Southern Cross Grammar will unveil a new school facility dedicated to VCE studies next week. The new facility, set to open on ...

Award-winning mathematics teacher Eddie Woo has featured prominently in the media for his achievements recently, and has now been been appointed to a NSW "super teacher" role. Premier Gladys Berekiklian made the announcement on Friday, and officially appointed Woo as ...