A former private school teacher and water polo coach has been slapped with more charges after he allegedly used Instagram to groom children. Dean Carelse was arrested by Sunshine Coast police on Friday. He was charged with 14 counts of indecent treatment ...

While many Australian schools have spent the last few decades admiring the old school tie, tightening standardisation and rubrics while chasing NAPLAN and ATAR scores, Finnish educators have been told to study best practices, and then try and improve on ...

All NSW workplaces and retail businesses will be required to use Service NSW QR codes from next month. The requirement, beginning July 12, will represent a massive ramping-up of the state’s information collection relating to the coronavirus and will impact ...

As China's global influence continues to increase, an Australian academic says that Chinese has the potential to become a more prominent global language. In his new book, The Rise of Chinese as a Global Language: Prospects and Obstacles, Flinders University ...

If you look up the biographies of authors, you will find that many are also teachers, or ex-teachers — Rachael Johns, Josephine Moon and John Marsden, to name a few.  While mingling at a writers' retreat and meeting fellow authors, ...

Students in New South Wales will have their subjects overhauled for the first time in 30 years under a $196 million plan announced by the state government. The cash injection will be spread over four years to update and streamline ...

EducationReview · Unpacking the importance of phonics for early readers The teaching of phonics in the early years of reading has been a contested issue for decades now. While all teachers believe an understanding of the area provides a critical ...

An analysis of the NSW Department of Education’s Annual Report for 2020 has found that the state is not meeting standards it set for itself, and is falling short in areas including HSC results, the proportion of graduating students, wellbeing, ...

Three men have been jailed for the “senseless” killing of a stranger in front of a primary school in broad daylight. Nathan Timoteo, 24, Josaia Bolalailai, 24, and Jonathan Fuatavai, 21, committed a “violent, cowardly, senseless and despicable” act when they killed a ...

What a difference a year makes. Around Australia, ‘normal service’ has largely resumed in schools and places of higher learning. This time in 2020, it was a very different story. COVID shutdowns saw institutions racing to implement remote learning models, ...