$20 billion could relieve almost all world hunger for a year. It's also the amount Australia lost due to educational inequality in schools between 2009 and 2015 – so avers the Public Education Foundation in its latest issues paper, What Price the Gap? Education ...

The increase in population density in urban locations and land scarcity has caused a significant escalation in the rise of vertical school projects, either in planning or under development, in major Australian capital cities. Vertical schools are characterised as multi-level ...

More than 300 teachers are expected to flock to an event today which will showcase how new technology can transform the classroom. A Department of Education initiative, InteractEd will be hosted by the University of Newcastle to support the effective ...

Inequality within Australia's education system has cost the country at least $20 billion over the last six years, according to a new report. The figure comes from the Public Education Foundation's latest issues paper – What Price the Gap? Education and ...

Education experts have been left questioning the value of the ATAR, after new figures showed just one in four students were entering university undergraduate courses based on their year 12 results. The latest paper by the Mitchell Institute at Victoria ...

Teachers in the early stages of their career are most likely to lack access to professional support and are most likely to leave the profession, a new study has found. Led by Dr Nick Kelly from the Queensland University of ...

The lower-attaining the student, the worse the effect streaming has on them, new research has found. Published in the Cambridge Journal of Education, a study found that streaming creates a 'culture of dependency' in 'lower' classes, which inhibits students' learning. Using data ...

Educational institutions are tasked with the “advancement of society as a whole”, and society looks to schools and other institutions for guidance on who we are and how we define ourselves. These were some of the key thoughts of NSW ...

After losing 10 classrooms to a fire in 2016, Melbourne's Wesley College is being reborn from the ashes. The college is celebrating the beginning of construction for its new Glen Waverley Campus, with a turning of the sod ceremony held last ...

When Greg McMahon became principal of Doveton College in 2015, things were tough. The school, situated in Melbourne's southeast – one of Victoria's poorest areas – had poor attendance rates and its students scored low grades. Once buoyed by manufacturing, its ...