The chair of the NSW Education Standards Authority has criticised the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank for distorting both the final years of schooling and students’ subject choices. Professor Peter Shergold, the chancellor of Western Sydney University, is currently chairing a ...

"Technology now makes it possible and necessary to study many new mathematical methods in greater depth"

People often assume that young children will bounce back after disruptive events or forget them completely but researchers are reminding Australians that pre-schoolers too are facing a pandemic. The University of Melbourne researchers hope a survey will help improve understanding ...

It is with considerable excitement and a heightened sense of vigilance that Victorian schools have begun the staggered return to face-face learning for students, after more than six weeks of conducting the biggest education experiment this country has ever seen. ...

Education lecturer questions the testing method and interpretation of the LANTITE teacher test.

When my PR agency recently handled a coronavirus crisis on behalf of one of our school clients, we took around 50 calls from journalists on the first day alone. Thankfully, because we’d already prepared for this scenario as a possibility, ...

An education expert at Monash University has warned that we need to prepare our schools for further disruptions in the future, despite families and schools looking forward to returning to the classroom. Professor Neil Selwyn from Monash’s Faculty of Education ...

Teachers can achieve incredible things when bureaucrats get off their backs and actually let them teach.

Today, being Public Education Day, is an opportunity to acknowledge the critical role that public schools, preschools and TAFEs play in strengthening the social, economic and cultural fabric of Australian society. The Australian Education Union (AEU) believes that “free, public ...

It’s the place where stars are made and has a reputation for being a punishing yet almost guaranteed gateway into the acting profession – whether that be theatre, television or film. Some of Australia’s most esteemed and talented actors learned their ...