Reconciliation Week is a special time. It provides an opportunity to both think about what still needs to change in Indigenous Australians’ lives and also celebrate what has been achieved. Nicole Wade’s story belongs in the latter. The school principal, ...

While long suspected to be addictive, gaming that interferes with one’s daily life has now been designated as a “disorder” by the World Health Organization (WHO). Importantly, a “gaming disorder” diagnosis isn't based on how much time someone spends on ...

Hi, it’s Wade Zaglas here, education editor for Education Review. Welcome to our third weekly roundup. You can either read this summary or listen to the podcast below. An amusing story to hit our desks this week was the private ...

New York public schools will next week roll out a facial recognition system in a bid to keep students and staff safe. The Lockport City School District will test the Aegis system, which leverages a database of individuals and sends ...

The NSW Employee Performance and Conduct unit (EPAC) was under siege this week with critics of the government unit calling it “opaque”, “slow” and “lacking procedural fairness”. The unit, which investigates misconduct in schools, has also been accused of using ...

‘What about the boys?’ is a common refrain in education circles when discussing academic achievement, particularly in English. In the UK, as in other western countries, this problem is stark and has dire consequences. Boys are more likely to be ...

Since its inception in Victoria in 2010, the Safe Schools program was Australia’s most controversial anti-bullying campaign. While grounded in good intentions and empirical evidence, critics of the program viewed it as a form of social engineering, a radical form ...

[This story was published on 24 May] Hi, I’m Wade Zaglas, education editor at Education Review. Welcome to our second roundup of the issues and stories we were talking about this week. You can either read the summary or listen ...

However well-intentioned, some school anti-bullying campaigns actually make the issue worse. That’s the warning from University of Queensland researcher Karyn Healy, unpacked in a piece for The Conversation. Some of the problem, Healy said, stems from the fact most anti-bullying programs ...

An environmental scientist is encouraging schools to consider introducing drones to the classroom. Speaking ahead of the Independent Schools Queensland State Forum, Dr Catherine Ball said drone technology is becoming more accessible and user-friendly and added its potential for schools ...