No one has the time anymore to endlessly search the internet, teacher networks or the library to put together a definitive list of quality Australian literature suited to the classroom. Online site Reading Australia, however, places educators one click away from being able to teach the best ...

Now that Cuba has restored diplomatic ties with the US, teaching English in schools will be a priority there, the Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma reports. In the 1970s, the study of English in Cuban schools was supplanted by Russian, ...

The NSW education minister, Adrian Piccoli, has refused to reveal how much his government plans to spend launching a controversial computer system that's already cost taxpayers more than half a billion dollars. Piccoli fronted a budget estimates hearing at NSW ...

About 10 school children have been stopped from going through with plans to travel to the Middle East to join extremist groups. Australian Federal Police commissioner Andrew Colvin says the youngsters have been stopped before getting to the point of ...

A crowd has protested outside a Sydney newspaper office against an article they say led to the NSW government cancelling school screenings of a documentary about same-sex families. The Daily Telegraph reported last week that a planned screening at Burwood ...

A South Australian Government grant has opened the doors for Flinders University to design a postgraduate course for teachers about instructing children with autism. Dr Susan Close, the SA minister for education and child development, announced the course. It follows ...

May the best robot win. An annual design competition has brought together young people and professionals to offer primary and secondary students an opportunity to create and develop robots. Young robot designers recently revealed their machines for the 2015 RoboCup ...

The head of one of Queensland's most remote indigenous schools is calling for a restructure of school holidays to keep children in school. Venitta King, head of the Northern Peninsula Area State College's senior campus, wants to expand school holidays ...

WA school brings engagement to a fever pitch through academy that connects students with their Indigenous heritage via song and dance. The universal language of music connects kids with their culture and identity – and as a bonus it makes ...

There are many scholarships available to help students out with their education including specific ones to support those from rural and regional communities. However there are many who are missing out because they simply don’t know about all the scholarship ...