Hi, it’s Wade Zaglas here, education editor for Education Review. Welcome to our third weekly roundup. You can either read this summary or listen to the podcast below. An amusing story to hit our desks this week was the private ...

[This story was published on 24 May] Hi, I’m Wade Zaglas, education editor at Education Review. Welcome to our second roundup of the issues and stories we were talking about this week. You can either read the summary or listen ...

I am a school teacher and am therefore more highly attuned than others when people talk about suggestions for how education should look. I've noticed that when issues of social welfare are being discussed, such as Instagram use, mental health ...

This story was published on 19 May. Hi, I’m Wade Zaglas, education editor for Education Review. Today we're starting our weekly round up of the key stories and issues of the week. You can either read the summary or listen ...

Separating kids according to their assessed ability is the norm in Australian education. In fact, 98 per cent of schools use some form of streaming, with advantages perceived for all parties involved. High-performing students are put on a fast track ...

Education is often hailed as the ‘great equaliser’, but is it? Do schools eliminate inequality or help to reinforce it? This is the question guiding this season’s All Things Equal podcast series, a collaboration between radio station 2SER and the ...

Teachers could be forgiven for approaching professional learning with a degree of ambivalence. With unrelenting administrative tasks, classroom teaching, preparation and marking, there is always the risk that such learning becomes an encumbrance, a "tick-the-box" registration requirement rather than the critical ...

For award-winning journalist, food writer and author Louise FitzRoy, food education has long been overlooked in the school curriculum. To challenge this idea and highlight how interesting and rewarding food education can be, her company has released an online resources library for ...

Monday to Friday, behind a desk, in the one place. This is the standard – and much-bemoaned – model for work life. It’s also the model for much of pre-tertiary education, from kindergarten to Year 12. Is this monotonous, precisely ...

The field of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is set to carry Australia into a bold new future of enhanced modernity. It is one of the fastest growing industries nationally, with exciting discoveries and opportunities awaiting those who choose ...