The most important schooling need for gender-diverse children is an accepting culture – and that is created through basic awareness, an expert argued. Dr Elizabeth Riley, Sydney-based gender counsellor, said awareness should begin with educating staff. This should then trickle-down ...

Fear drives parents’ school choices – Jane Caro, novelist and public school advocate, has argued. School choice is a purchasing decision like any other, Caro said. This is driven by two emotions – hope and fear – which compete to ...

Letter to the editor: Why the shock and surprise at abuse of disabled children in our schools? By David Roy Once again we have a report of children who are disabled being caged or imprisoned in a school in Australia. ...

Conflict between state and federal policy is leaving the schools sector confused about who is in charge, an expert has said. Dr Glenn Savage, from University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education, said there are degrees of confusion throughout the schooling ...

An education expert has reminded parents and educators that dyslexia cannot be cured, only well managed. Dr Linda Westphalen, senior lecturer in the University of Adelaide’s School of Education, whose son has dyslexia, said while the condition will have an impact ...

There is much to worry about when politicians declare that Victoria is to become the “Education State.” Will this declaration lead to more political distractions, trendy slogans and appeasements to parents instead of making a difference in classrooms?  We have ...

A primary school initiative led by the CSRIRO is inspiring young students to get excited about science. Cayne Layton, a University of Tasmania PhD researcher with the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies is involved in CSIRO’s Scientists and Mathematicians ...

A new initiative has been launched in an effort to create pathways to employment for Victorian apprentices. As part of an Australian Government initiative to boost trainee and apprentice completion rates, MAS National has been selected as part of the ...

The jobs market is picking up for those looking to fill positions in the education industry, according to new data released by SEEK that reveals advertisements for teaching jobs have risen. New job advertisements in the sector have climbed 27 ...

The number of students learning a second language is in decline, with a shortage of qualified teachers and the high cost of offering languages at university partly to blame, professor Jane Simpson says. Simpson is deputy director of the ARC Centre ...