Dissection is an often contentious topic, but it remains a fundamental skill for any student looking to pursue the fields of nursing, veterinary science and dentistry to name but a few. Skills learnt in dissections help students to better prepare ...

Following the release of the Climate Council report, climate activist group School Strike 4 Climate (SS4C) is deeply concerned about the student health effects of gas heating in schools and the effect of gas use and production on the planet.  ...

A Melbourne primary school has been closed for the day after a suspicious fire destroyed a factory and sent toxic smoking spewing across three suburbs. Students and staff at South Melbourne Primary School have been advised not to attend on Thursday as the large ...

The Respectful Relationships Education pilot program has shown positive results, with students reporting increased wellbeing. The research released today from Our Watch also shows that the Year 1 and 2 students — hailing from 18 schools across Queensland and Victoria ...

Critics have been quick to voice concerns over the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) releasing its proposed changes to the national curriculum last Thursday.  Among the hundreds of pages of suggestions and recommendations released, education minister Alan Tudge ...

Working parents with more than one child in care could have fee relief before July next year following concerns the wait was too long for struggling families. About 250,000 families nationwide are expected to reap the benefits of the childcare ...

Building interpersonal resilience has become a prevalent topic for school leaders in recent months, especially for those desperately trying to support a workforce that is suffering ‘burnout’ at a much higher rate than we have seen previously. Of even greater ...

Experts have voiced concerns that Turnitin’s proposal to buy competitor Ouriginal would give the company a near monopoly of the anti-plagiarism market, reducing diversity and giving the company a “treasure trove of data”. Ouriginial is a Stockholm-based company that formed ...

He’s the author of Testing 1, 2,3: What Australian education can learn from Finland, and this month teacher, writer and tragic Midnight Oil fan Michael Lawrence joined other educators in Orange, NSW, to take teachers through a one-day session of ...

During the entire four-year period, where John experienced what would have been hundreds of ‘event horizon’ episodes, he never asked to stop. Each time I asked John to stop, he would then inevitably present and say a variety of things, ...