The Victorian state government has committed funding to bring more high-quality teachers to low socioeconomic areas, many of which are in regional and remote areas of the state. Not-for-profit organisation Teach For Australia (TFA) – which also runs programs in ...

Do private school students perform better than those from public schools? Does a student’s socio-economic background affect their overall achievement? And do autonomous or more centralised schools perform better? These are just some of topics addressed in a report entitled ...

We’re often told that Australia’s teachers are among the best paid in the world, based on OECD figures, which is true, but the other – more important – part of the story is that teachers’ pay is falling behind that ...

Parental discontent was a theme that emerged last week when education ministers met at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to discuss both NAPLAN and mobile phone bans during school times, a move already planned for primary and secondary state ...

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has announced its Schools’ Season for 2020 that includes programs for kinder and prep, primary and secondary students and includes world-renowned artists. The season also contains an MSO Work Experience component that offers insights into “the ...

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s Indigenous Literacy Day takes place on Wednesday September 4. The focus of the national celebration of indigenous culture, story-telling, literacy and language is on drawing attention to the disadvantages faced by Indigenous peoples living in remote ...

Whether you agree with him or not, Mark Latham is always passionate about getting things done, and his latest agenda has been improving NSW’s education system, particularly performance-based teacher pay and lifting student achievement across the board. Listen to a ...

A US-based teacher exchange program is accepting applications for Australian and New Zealand teachers wishing to participate in a teacher exchange program in the United States next year. For over 30 years, Participate Learning has had nearly 10,000 teachers from ...

Hi and welcome to another Education Review weekly roundup of the top news stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor. All stories can be found on our site, educationreview.com.au. You can either read this summary or ...

The Victorian Government’s decision to ban mobile phones during school hours in all state secondary and primary schools next year has been met with mixed feelings from educators, parents and students, and the eSafety Commissioner herself. The move is intended ...