The 2016 edition of Word Mania, an online literacy challenge for students in years 1 through 9, was launched last week, with practice now open for verbose youngsters looking to share in $100,000 worth of prizes. The game requires loquacious learners ...

New guidelines show how much shut-eye children should be getting. The recommendations range from up to 16 hours daily for babies to at least eight hours for teens. They come from a panel of experts and give parents fresh ammunition for ...

In 2013, across Australia, 70,000 children faced the prospect of sleeping rough. One in six struggled with daily existence, living below the poverty line. These are just two conclusions from a new report, released to commemorate 25 years since Australia’s ratification ...

The gender imbalance in STEM fields is well documented. The need for more women in physics, engineering and computer science-related professions – for example – is being pushed by universities, industry and, in this election cycle at least, politicians. But while STEM ...

In Episode 3 of APN Educational Media's weekly review podcast Talking Eds, editors James Wells from Education Review and Campus Review and Loren Smith from Early Learning Review join me, news editor Patrick Avenell, to chat about the effectiveness of ...

‘Let’s get rid of homework and grades.’ Any teacher who told a classroom this would probably become very popular with the kids. ‘Now let’s get rid of giving rewards if you do what I tell you.’ The kids may scratch ...

Georgie, aged 16, has depression. She also has frequent panic attacks, she’s very stressed out, she just broke up with a high school sweetheart, some of her friends have depression, she doesn’t often sleep, and when she does, she snores loudly. Georgie ...

Teachers, and the teachers who teach them to be teachers, will descend upon Federation University in Ballarat, 100 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, in July for the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) conference. It will be the first time this event has ...

In Australia, almost 18 per cent of kids live below the poverty line. One in four are overweight or obese. And an estimated 1 in 28 were sexually abused by a family member before they were 15. Particularly given young ...

School building and refurbishment is now a booming industry in New Zealand and Victoria. And one architect said educators from both sides of the Tasman Sea are trading ideas for their pet projects. New Zealand’s last federal Budget allocated NZ$882.5 ($825.7 million) ...