Australia’s education ministers “must come to their senses” and work out reforms to close the growing divide between rich and poor schools, a former Productivity Commission economist turned public school advocate has said. Trevor Cobbold, national convenor of Save Our ...

Teaching and classroom environments are changing faster than ever. Here's a look at why technology should matter to every educator in 2017. With curriculum planning complete for the start of the academic year, technology and the role it’s expected to ...

One principal’s passion for teaching has yielded a fulfilling career of helping others to achieve. Frank Ali did not begin his career as a teacher, though he completed his studies to become one in the 1970s. Instead, he entered the ...

Belgian model Hanne Gaby Odiele is a rangy 178 centimetres tall. Mousy-blonde haired and milky-skinned, she has an impish, slightly androgynous look. As well as strutting catwalks, Odiele is helping break a taboo by recently declaring herself intersex. Odiele revealed ...

In an unsurprising finding, a German study has concluded that students who find maths to be fun are better at it. This reinforces recent calls from experts, including Western Sydney University’s associate professor Catherine Attard, that making maths fun is key ...

Whether kids, parents or teachers like it or not, phonics tests will be introduced for year one students. Nationwide. Education minster Simon Birmingham considers them essential to detect reading difficulties early on. In an interview with Sky News in late ...

Due to what she believes is an “epidemic” in cyberbullying among school children, a Gold Coast-based social media businesswoman has waded into the discussion. Corinna Essa is the founder of Social Media Worldwide, a firm that teaches businesses the effective ...

Ophthalmologists are calling on parents to ensure their children’s eyes are properly protected while they’re at school, and for schools to help out. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists has issued a statement saying that schools should ...

At school, Nick Tepper was a smart kid who behaved badly in class but he stayed in school because he wanted to go to university. Fast forward a few years and Tepper is a 24-year-old University of Queensland graduate who ...

The past 10 years has seen a sharp increase in overall year 12 completion rates, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shown. Currently, 84.3 per cent of students finish year 12, compared to 75 per cent in 2006. Girls also ...