Networking with educators overseas is something every schooling professional should do, one principal has said, as it helps staff and improves kids’ learning. Clayton Reedie, principal of Dalmeny Public School – in Sydney’s south-west – last week scored a $14,000 ...

STEM education is the Australian Academy of Science’s number one election priority, as per a policy statement released this week. Unveiled by academy president professor Andrew Holmes during a speech in Canberra, the group of distinguished scientists’ objectives include getting Australian schools’ students into ...

A leading business coach is urging principals to develop and flex their emotional intelligence muscles so they can alternate between being a leader and being a manager. Jeremy Carter, managing director of the Australian branch of multinational leadership coaching firm ...

Brain scientists have isolated 74 genes linked to high educational attainment, though they also said getting top marks may simply be a by-product. The research, published in the journal Nature, found these genes have a role in the brain’s development of ...

You can’t measure creativity, nor the soft skills needed to thrive in jobs and tertiary education, so education should end its obsession with measurement and ranking, a senior educator has argued. Meredith Melville-Jones, director of Sydney’s Bradfield Senior College, said ...

Focus on education must last beyond federal elections, the chief executive of a multinational educational publisher has argued. David Levin, from McGraw-Hill Education – one of the ‘big three’ educational publishers – said education, unlike elections, is always around. It shouldn’t be pandered ...

Ballet is going bush, and is in Broome schools. The Australian Ballet has brought Out There, its schools program, to Broome. It featured at local Cable Beach Primary and St Mary’s Catholic Primary earlier this week and will perform a new ...

Despite the opening pages of the hot-off-the-press Good Careers Guide preaching STEM and all its glories – the guide’s education chief urged students to pursue careers they're passionate about, even if they aren't STEM-related. The Good Careers Guide is the replacement ...

Collaboration is the beating heart of effective vocational education spaces, an architect has said. Mark Freeman, from specialist educational architecture firm Gray Puksand, recently completed a $5.1 million VET facility situated in Melbourne’s Somerville Secondary College. Freeman said he worked closely ...

Budget day 2016 was an epic encounter of punch, counterpunch and commentary. Here is how the day unfolded, in reverse chronological order! 3:40pm Osman Faruqi, writer and political activist, has given the Coalition some rare praise for seemingly axing the ...