Three literacy and learning organisations are urging education ministers and heads of public school systems across the country to ensure students finish their primary years with the skills to read. On Thursday Five from Five; AUSPELD, the Australian federation of ...

A recent study by Dr Lesley-Anne Ey of UniSA and Professor Marilyn Campbell of the Queensland University of Technology revealed that only a fraction of parents can accurately describe what bullying is. As part of the study titled ‘Do Parents ...

A recent study involving more than 4,000 participants found that both male and female students are likely to experience some form of sexual harassment in NSW high schools, and that male students are more likely to experience six of the ...

Who would have thought that emojis, conceived over 20 years ago and called emoticons, would become a useful part of helping students accept online feedback and motivate them in these times of remote learning? But RMIT psychology lecturer Robyn Moffitt ...

A new study involving nearly 1700 students and teachers has challenged the long-held idea that teachers underplay the seriousness and extent of bullying in their schools. Parents of children who have been bullied have “probably been tempted” or even asked ...

A survey conducted at the zenith of COVID-19 reported that teachers were routinely working extra hours, with nearly half of the 1200 respondents working almost an extra day during the pandemic and others working in excess of 20 extra hours ...

A new kit of tools and resources has been rolled out to educators and teachers in schools to re-engage Indigenous students as NSW lessens its pandemic restrictions. Based at the University of Newcastle, The Office of Indigenous Strategy and Leadership and ...

Maths experts have warned that, as students return to school after COVID-19 closures, rushing through content to catch up will only exacerbate learning losses. The paper, entitled ‘Threats and Opportunities in Remote Learning of Mathematics: Implication for the Return to ...

Today, being Public Education Day, is an opportunity to acknowledge the critical role that public schools, preschools and TAFEs play in strengthening the social, economic and cultural fabric of Australian society. The Australian Education Union (AEU) believes that “free, public ...

Despite the Independent schools union being critical of the federal education minister’s plans to bring forward funding to Independent and Catholic schools if they meet certain attendance conditions, several may have agreed to the deal. While data on how many ...