A year-long, UK schools-based anti-obesity program has failed to trim children's waistlines. Published by journal The BMJ, a study found that the program, which involved increased physical activity, a healthy eating plan, and family nutrition workshops, had no real effect on ...

The NSW government has today introduced harsher penalties for any teacher found to have a sexual relationship with a student. The Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 will close existing loopholes and expand sex offence penalties to include teachers who do ...

Pasi Sahlberg is a global education celebrity, though you wouldn’t know it. With trimmed grey hair, rimless spectacles and neatly pressed suits, the Finnish reformer connotes a professorial air. Fitting, perhaps, for his forthcoming role as professor of education policy ...

After a successful campaign to scrap the compulsory rollout of NAPLAN online testing in Queensland, experts are asking the inevitable question: is NAPLAN testing still worthwhile? University of the Sunshine Coast's associate Professor Michael Nagel specialises in research on childhood ...

A robotic window cleaner, a water filter made from agricultural waste, and a prawn shell-based plastic. These sound like the creations of experienced researchers, but they are in fact the respective brainchildren of Australian highschoolers Oliver Nicholls, Minh Nga Nguyen and Angelina Arora. For ...

As part of Safer Internet Day today, the CSIRO is bringing cybersecurity sessions, real-world STEM skills and the latest research into Melbourne Girls College. CSIRO STEM professionals will be at the school to discuss the changes moulding the new data-driven ...

Principals Australia Institute has filled the seats of its Principal Certification Advisory Board which will monitor the implementation of principal certifications. Members joining the board include Rob Nairn, Michael Battenally, Anne Ford, Chris Presland and Robyn Thorpe, under the leadership of ...

Figures released today reveal that more than 80 per cent of young Australians were enrolled in some form of education or training at the end of 2016. Commissioned by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), the Young People ...

More indigenous students are staying on until Year 12 than ever before, new figures show. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' annual report card on schools, released on Friday, shows the retention rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students rose ...

Curiosity did, in fact, kill the cat, yet it is an invaluable skill; one that can be inculcated from birth. But what exactly is it, and what's its purpose? Cognitive neuroscientist Matthias Gruber describes curiosity as an energising force that activates ...