NSW teacher Eddie Woo is in the running to be named the best teacher in the world, and will hold the lone torch for Australia in the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2018. The Cherrybrook Technology High School teacher was selected ...

Unless urgent changes are made to the structure and level of ABSTUDY funding, independent boarding schools – particularly for Indigenous students – may become a thing of the past, ISCA warns. A review of ABSTUDY commissioned by ISCA revealed that ...

Three NSW teachers will follow the footsteps of the Anzacs across Europe after they were awarded scholarships to tour the Western Front. The winners of the Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship will take part in a 13-day-tour of historic battlefields alongside ...

The federal government has launched a national review of teacher registration to improve consistency and teacher quality across the country. Minister for education and training Simon Birmingham said the National Review of Teacher Registration had been endorsed by all states ...

A year-long, UK schools-based anti-obesity program has failed to trim children's waistlines. Published by journal The BMJ, a study found that the program, which involved increased physical activity, a healthy eating plan, and family nutrition workshops, had no real effect on ...

The NSW government has today introduced harsher penalties for any teacher found to have a sexual relationship with a student. The Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 will close existing loopholes and expand sex offence penalties to include teachers who do ...

After a successful campaign to scrap the compulsory rollout of NAPLAN online testing in Queensland, experts are asking the inevitable question: is NAPLAN testing still worthwhile? University of the Sunshine Coast's associate Professor Michael Nagel specialises in research on childhood ...

A robotic window cleaner, a water filter made from agricultural waste, and a prawn shell-based plastic. These sound like the creations of experienced researchers, but they are in fact the respective brainchildren of Australian highschoolers Oliver Nicholls, Minh Nga Nguyen and Angelina Arora. For ...

As part of Safer Internet Day today, the CSIRO is bringing cybersecurity sessions, real-world STEM skills and the latest research into Melbourne Girls College. CSIRO STEM professionals will be at the school to discuss the changes moulding the new data-driven ...

Principals Australia Institute has filled the seats of its Principal Certification Advisory Board which will monitor the implementation of principal certifications. Members joining the board include Rob Nairn, Michael Battenally, Anne Ford, Chris Presland and Robyn Thorpe, under the leadership of ...