Broome is one of the fastest growing towns in Western Australia, a glorious spot on the Kimberley coast near mining centres - and home to a long-running campaign for a new private school. The Anglican Schools Commission in WA first ...

More than 380 submissions, 12 hearings and 100 witnesses informed the report of the Inquiry into School Libraries and Teacher Librarians, which was tabled in parliament on May 23. Primarily, the report acknowledges the diverse role and skills of the ...

The inclusion of students with disabilities into general education classrooms (often referred to as mainstream classrooms) is one of those contentious issues that appears to polarise thought in school communities. As much as being denied the fundamental right to choose ...

Is 'white flight' happening from public schools in Australia? There has been plenty of anecdotal evidence over the years to suggest that Anglo-Australian students are leaving the public system. Now, with the publication of the updated My School website, we ...

For a long time, the provision of laptop computers - and more lately, notebooks - was within the realms of only elite private schools. This year will see the national rollout of individually managed technology for students throughout the secondary ...

Gradually, the notion of 'clinical model' is finding its way into the discourse of pre-service teacher education. It is necessary to examine the key features of this concept and why it has appeared at this time. It is no co-incidence, ...

The last time Australia moved towards a form of nationally consistent curriculum, under John Dawkins, the exercise fell apart due to a lack of state government support. This time, an Australian Curriculum is being developed under a new authority, ACARA, ...

The Australian education context is arguably experiencing its most critical junction since the adoption of mass schooling. We have seen the implementation of a national testing regime, a forthcoming national curriculum, the My School website, and the professional standards movement, ...

There's no question that adult education has come a long way since the proclamation of the Adult Community and Further Education (ACFE) Act in the Victorian Parliament in 1991. Originally it was to provide an option for mature-aged women seeking ...

Much like Australia, there has been a lot of media swill lately in New Zealand about bullying at school. Now, I must immediately reveal that I think I was bullied at school. It happened like this. A lunch time tussle ...