Primary and high schools are rich targets for hackers because they keep so much sensitive information on file; have networks that are constantly being accessed by teenagers, a demographic famous for its caprices; and because they often don't have dedicated ...

David Roy is no longer scared about losing his job. The erstwhile teacher, University of Newcastle education academic and longtime crusader for children with disabilities has called out the very organisation that is supposed to protect children. In an interview with ...

To the Bone is rated MA15+, meaning children under the age of 15 may not legally watch, buy or hire it unless they are in the company of a parent or adult guardian. According to Deakin psychologist, associate professor Ross King, for this film ...

According to who you speak to, Gonski 2.0 may be a godsend. But it's how that money is spent that's crucial. The government knows this from experience: previously, it has spent more on schools for poorer outcomes. That's why it has ...

The teacher brain drain continues, NAPLAN's substantially unwanted, and stress levels are untenable. Those are just some of the disquieting findings from a new Australian Scholarships Group (ASG) and Australian College of Educators (ACE) teacher survey. From over 300 teachers surveyed ...

Never mind beautiful failures. University of Melbourne academic Tim Mayfield has deemed Australia a spectacular failure in terms of learning languages. Mayfield, who is executive director of the university’s Asia Education Foundation, noted that there has been a drastic decline ...

"Do you want a little bit? Because if you're going to drink I'd rather you do it in the house." It’s one of the more quotable lines from Amy Poehler’s cool mum character, Mrs George, in the 2004 hit film Mean ...

The involvement of commercial organisations – so called edu-businesses – in schools, is a vexed issue. Teachers, unions and parent groups are right to demand transparency over the activities of entities whose interests may not be aligned with their own: ...

Students are being promised a clearer and easier way to find out what scores they need to get into Australian university courses within the next few years. A report into admissions systems published late last year found universities were not ...

Teachers may be flustered by the advent of the My School website, showing individual schools' NAPLAN scores, but perhaps they needn't be. A Roy Morgan Research survey has revealed they are the fourth most trusted professionals in Australia. The market ...