Technology can be good for teachers, if they know how to use it. Otherwise it’s a perennial frustration for the teacher, and an impediment to learning for the student. That’s why Michelle Michael, acting principal of Gymea Bay Public School ...

In what was likely the best school excursion ever, 18 students from Perth’s Kent Street Senior High School got to fly over Antarctica for a science field trip. Accompanying them for the 12-hour flight was their teacher Suzy Urbaniak, who ...

Professor Steve Clarke from Charles Sturt University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences is a philosopher specialising in issues related to conscientious objection. He recently co-authored a paper on the obligations of parents who object on religious, moral or philosophical ...

With 8 out of 10 children who receive a cancer diagnosis surviving the illness, a researcher has identified that more needs to be done to support these children when they go back to school. Anne Gaunt, a master of education ...

Australia’s education ministers “must come to their senses” and work out reforms to close the growing divide between rich and poor schools, a former Productivity Commission economist turned public school advocate has said. Trevor Cobbold, national convenor of Save Our ...

In an unsurprising finding, a German study has concluded that students who find maths to be fun are better at it. This reinforces recent calls from experts, including Western Sydney University’s associate professor Catherine Attard, that making maths fun is key ...

Due to what she believes is an “epidemic” in cyberbullying among school children, a Gold Coast-based social media businesswoman has waded into the discussion. Corinna Essa is the founder of Social Media Worldwide, a firm that teaches businesses the effective ...

Ophthalmologists are calling on parents to ensure their children’s eyes are properly protected while they’re at school, and for schools to help out. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists has issued a statement saying that schools should ...

At school, Nick Tepper was a smart kid who behaved badly in class but he stayed in school because he wanted to go to university. Fast forward a few years and Tepper is a 24-year-old University of Queensland graduate who ...

The Australian private tutoring industry has been Ubered by a pair of software engineers operating out of Brisbane. For co-chief executives and founders Sam Robertson and Cameron Schmidt, the story of Scooter Tutor began in 2007. Schmidt initially came up ...