The integration of information and computer technology in the education sector has redefined the way students learn. From donations and investment in computers, to learning the basics of IT, virtual field trips, collaborative lessons and online assessments, technology is permeating every ...

Only one-third of Year 7–10 students are being taught maths by a qualified maths teacher, the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute has warned. AMSI director professor Geoff Prince explained that this figure is not uniform for all types of schools; those in ...

In this week's episode of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review look at why parental leave double dipping seems destined to say, hear from several youngsters on the importance of listening to abuse claims, ...

About 250 primary school students and older Australians coalesced in harmony this week in Adelaide, for Sing Together, a mellifluous intergenerational initiative from several organisations, including the Office for the Ageing, ACH Group’s Foundation for Older Australians and the Commonwealth Home ...

A bipartisan organisation that has been advocating for improvements in Indigenous education is now unable to make its rent after the federal government defunded it in 2014. The National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples once received $14 million in federal ...

A panel of young people have spoken out about what they would like to see change in the handling of sexual abuse allegations at schools. Ben, Julia, Elizabeth, Claire and Jaimsie were all involved in a long-running research study for the Royal ...

Where America goes, Australia often follows. This has certainly been the case with guidelines for child screen time. So, Australia, take heed: the American standards, provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), have just been revised for the first time ...

What’s more stressful, end-of-year exams or a bear attack? Common sense would suggest the latter, but one educational expert has said some students find exams so nerve-racking that the stress response triggered in a test setting is similar to that ...

No matter how rare child sexual abuse may be, an appropriate response is urgently needed when it does occur, one member of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has stated. Commissioner Helen Milroy, a West Australian psychiatrist for children and adolescents, said: ...

A new survey commissioned by Schools Plus and the Commonwealth Bank has revealed many Australians will probably choose their career based on the subjects their favourite teachers taught. Almost half (49 per cent) said their favourite teacher inspired their career. Concurrent to ...