Indigenous education and teacher workforce reforms were headline priorities funnelled into this year’s federal budget.  This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down Labor’s second federal spend.  The government announced it will allocate $28b to Australian ...

A handful of the nation's most inspirational and hardworking educators will be recognised at the 2023 Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards next month. The program, which has run since 2016, will award 12 teachers working in schools across Australia with $40,000 ...

Reducing classroom distractions and teaching behavioural skills to students will be essential to minimise disruptive behaviour at school, an education expert has said. The latest OECD report, which offered an outlook on Australia's education system, highlighted that the nation's "disciplinary ...

Better partnerships between universities and schools will be needed to strengthen Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and ensure future teachers stay on the job long-term. According to Australian Catholic University's Dean of Education Professor Mary Ryan, one of the major issues ...

More teachers in Australia are joining social media platforms like TikTok to share their day-to-day lives in the classrooms and connect online with their students. This new phenomenon is called 'Teach Tok'. According to Curtin University Professor of the School ...

Children can further develop their literacy and numeracy skills, social capabilities and creative thinking abilities through playtime, a playground expert has said.  Marcus Veerman, founder and CEO of Nüdel Kart, a deconstructable and mobile play carts concept based on 'loose ...

The former business manager of a Melbourne high school who embezzled more than $400,000 from her employer in order to fund a rampant gambling addiction has been jailed. Frances Walshe, 65, was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria on Monday, ...

Nearly half of year 1 students in NSW schools are reading below their expected age level, according to results from the latest state phonics check. In 2022, almost 65,045 students participated in the mandated phonics screening check across over 1,643 ...

A newly graduated teacher can teach at the same level of quality as a colleague with over 20 years of experience in the classroom, according to new research. Recent research published in the Australian Education Researcher analysed 990 lessons taught ...

Students who gain university entry on a non-ATAR basis are twice as likely to drop out in their first year compared to other school leavers, new research shows. A recent report from the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) argued the ...