The title of the 'Australia' section of the OECD's latest annual, education-centric report could be 'nevertheless'. This is because most negatives seemed to be counterbalanced with positives. For example, Education at a Glance 2018 revealed that while our university fees are relatively high, ...

Despite Hollywood's (increasing) portrayal of brilliantly successful autistic savants – from Rain Man to The Good Doctor – the reality of employment for those with autism is the opposite. ABS data suggests just 40 per cent of people with autism work, compared to ...

Remember those yellow 'Livestrong' wristbands? In 2003, now-infamous cyclist Lance Armstrong created a charity to support cancer research after he developed testicular cancer, and promoted it using the silicone rubber accessories. They soon caught on as a philanthropic status symbol, and ...

Tony Parker, a former high school geography teacher, isn't allowed to fully share his story of being bullied.† Legally, he is prevented from doing so. That's not, however, the kind of silencing he and his peers, Peter Anderson and Kathy Simpson, are aggrieved ...

Thousands of childcare workers are walking off the job to push for higher wages, but the federal education minister says he doesn't decide pay rates. About 7000 early childhood workers went on strike on Wednesday afternoon to hold rallies across ...

Nine new books written in Kriol have been launched to help boost Indigenous literacy. Students from St Joseph’s Catholic College in Katherine, Northern Territory, took their first trip to the big smoke, visiting the Sydney Opera House for Indigenous Literacy ...

As the Morandi Bridge collapse in Genoa demonstrated, ageing infrastructure is an alarming problem facing the developed world. We need engineers to maintain this infrastructure, largely built in the post-war period and coming to the end of their design lifespans. ...

On Monday, Prime Minster Scott Morrison announced he doesn't send his kids to a public school because of "values". On the same day, the NSW government introduced new standards for graduate teachers, to be imposed from 2019. They include a ...

As previously prefaced, tough new standards are being introduced in NSW for teaching graduates, who will now need a credit average in their degree to be able to apply for a job in the state's public schools. Graduates will also have ...

He was in charge of grading, but now, the public has the scorecard. With Simon Birmingham's departure from the Education Ministership, it's possible to weigh up his tenure. For schools, will he get a Band One on some initiatives, and a Band ...