High levels of school autonomy could be the key to greater student achievement, based on new research launched by the education minister, Christopher Pyne. The report included the latest findings from the work of emeritus professor Brian Caldwell, the Australian ...

States should take full control over the way primary and secondary schools in Australia are run, funded and regulated, a new report has found. The report, published by the Melbourne School of Government, found that the current system of mixed ...

Despite the best efforts of classroom teachers, Australia isn’t keeping pace when it comes to engaging students in science, technology, engineering and maths – STEM subjects. That’s the conclusion of research by the Australian Information Industry Association into digital careers. AIIA ...

A primary school initiative led by the CSRIRO is inspiring young students to get excited about science. Cayne Layton, a University of Tasmania PhD researcher with the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies is involved in CSIRO’s Scientists and Mathematicians ...

From communicating with parents, to leadership training for teachers to collaborations with surrounding schools, Glenorchy Primary principal Wendy Potter believes in strength from unity. By Madeleine Regan Wendy Potter frequently uses the word synergy in her conversations about Glenorchy Primary ...

A new initiative has been launched in an effort to create pathways to employment for Victorian apprentices. As part of an Australian Government initiative to boost trainee and apprentice completion rates, MAS National has been selected as part of the ...

The jobs market is picking up for those looking to fill positions in the education industry, according to new data released by SEEK that reveals advertisements for teaching jobs have risen. New job advertisements in the sector have climbed 27 ...

The education minister, Christopher Pyne, has reported that teaching students are “flocking to participate” in the pilot of teacher literacy and numeracy testing. In a statement issued on Friday, Pyne said the pilot testing regime – developed by the Australian Council ...

The number of students learning a second language is in decline, with a shortage of qualified teachers and the high cost of offering languages at university partly to blame, professor Jane Simpson says. Simpson is deputy director of the ARC Centre ...