Citizens of the lucky country can no longer rely on good fortune for prosperity - they must rely on capabilities. This is the premise of a new Mitchell Institute report. "Today the question is not if we should seek to teach young ...

I probably shouldn’t have asked myself such a heavy question two days before school holidays were over, particularly given I found Teacher by Gabbie Stroud while scrolling through the iBooks store during The Bachelor finale (such was my rage at ...

It’s the question just about every maths teacher will hear multiple times a year – ‘Will we even use this in real life?’ – but a new course might help nip it in the bud. The NSW Government has announced ...

Last year, instead of driving to work I started travelling by bus. No matter what time of day it was, there was one common denominator: almost every passenger is absorbed in their mobile phones. This is an age of miraculous ...

Can you guess how many people have died during school outdoor education experiences in Australia between 1960 and 2002? At 128, it might be more than you imagined. Yet the number of deaths – shocking as it is – isn't the most sobering detail ...

Until Parkland survivor turned activist Emma González has her way, statistically, there will likely be more school shootings in the US. This means schools need to consider how to prevent, or at least mitigate them. While extreme strategies like arming teachers have ...

Letting kids find their own way to school, rather than dropping them off by car, is good way to keep them active, researchers have reminded parents. Their VicHealth research analysed travel data from more than 1000 primary school families who ...

Having grown up the child of two high-achieving professionals and possessing the requisite academics, I commenced a law degree after school. Like the 99 per cent, I wasn't to know that the GFC would hit in 2008 – two years later. ...

Undecided voters in some marginal electorates aren’t too pleased with Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s private school funding deal if new union figures are to go by. The Australian Education Union’s (AEU) Reachtel poll of 1261 residents, conducted on 27 September, ...

A bookish adolescent who ended school at year 9 but grew up in a home with large library is likely to be just as literate as a university graduate whose home lacked books. That’s according to a new study that ...