Brazil’s public-school system is undergoing a revolutionary change spearheaded by new President Jair Bolsonaro, the former army captain dubbed “the Trump of the Tropics”. Students at Ceilandria State School No.7 returned to school this year to find two dozen armed ...

Teachers could be forgiven for approaching professional learning with a degree of ambivalence. With unrelenting administrative tasks, classroom teaching, preparation and marking, there is always the risk that such learning becomes an encumbrance, a "tick-the-box" registration requirement rather than the critical ...

For award-winning journalist, food writer and author Louise FitzRoy, food education has long been overlooked in the school curriculum. To challenge this idea and highlight how interesting and rewarding food education can be, her company has released an online resources library for ...

Notwithstanding the news coverage of the Christchurch terrorist attacks in New Zealand, where more than 50 innocent victims died as a result of the carnage on 15 March 2019, the elephant in the room remains. While the mainstream media desperately ...

A Year 6 student has delivered a rousing speech to Reconciliation Australia staff about the violence faced by First Nations people. Trinity Grammar School student Daniel Lok wrote the speech as part of his school’s public speaking competition after reading ...

Teachers are considering leaving the profession over the bullying they cop, so experts have floated a possible partial solution to the problem: a mandatory code of conduct for parents and students. Their study found a vast majority (80 per cent) of teachers ...

More than two thirds of parents feel financial pressure when paying schools fees. Overall, 68 per cent of parents feel either a little or a lot of financial pressure to pay for school fees. This figure rose to 80 per ...

Etiquette is experiencing a resurgence among educators, and the reason why reveals an interesting trait of modern society. In our time-poor society, people increasingly choose to enter or not enter into relationships based on a quick assessment of values alignment, ...

The spaces in which we live and move have profound – if often invisible – impacts on our wellbeing, our psyche, our behaviour and how we relate to each other. If you’ve ever listened to 99% Invisible, or read Foucault, ...

While there is a generally accurate perception that tertiary qualifications will earn you a higher income in the long run when compared with higher-level vocational training, the reverse is true when it comes to careers in STEM, according to new research. ...