Entries are now open for a sustainability awards program that recognises efforts made by Victorian schools and early childhood services in raising environmental awareness. The ResourceSmart Education Awards reward encourage children and students to embed environmental actions into their everyday ...

Greater investment is needed to fund vital school infrastructure over the next 20 years, a new  Independent Schools Queensland report states. ISQ executive director David Robertson said innovative investments are necessary to fund about 120 new schools in Queensland by 2031, to ...

Queensland’s education department has announced it will partner with the Queensland Education Leadership Institute to deliver a new state school review program. From early in Term 2, review teams will begin assessing each of the state’s 1233 public schools. A ...

Teachers working in regional cities experience more employment success and less commuting stress, a new survey shows. Evocities, a campaign that promotes the benefits of Albury, Armidale, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Tamworth and Wagga Wagga, conducted an online survey of 286 relocators ...

A specialist school in Victoria has been awarded more than $9000 to purchase iPads and speech assistance apps for senior students who have difficulty communicating. St Pauls College – a special needs school in Melbourne that caters to students with ...

Background and birth weight have more of an impact on a child's NAPLAN results than whether they attend a private or public school, a new study by University of Queensland researchers show. Faculty of health and behavioural science professor Luke Connelly ...

A $5000 grant offers 10 schools the chance to enter this year’s Central Queensland Junior Robotics Competition for the first time. Central Queensland University senior research technologies officer Jason Bell partnered with Ridgelands State School on the successful submission for ...

In Hobart this June, Dark Mofo project The Hothouse will gather relevant specialists, academics and members of the public to discuss ideas on how to improve Tasmania’s educational outcomes. For 72 hours from June 1-3, 2015, The Hothouse Session will ...

The University of the Sunshine Coast will recognise the inspirational leadership of a former school principal by awarding him an Honorary Senior Fellowship at its graduation ceremony next week. Anthony Vincent will be honoured for his exceptional achievements in developing ...

Ten final-year, pre-service teachers at Flinders University, who are from the city, have been awarded up to $5000 to undertake extended practicums in South Australian country schools. The funding – provided by the Thyne Reid Foundation – will enable a ...