Changes to the NAPLAN testing window has raised stress for students and left little time for teachers to build relationships within their new classes, according to the Queensland Teachers' Union (QTU). More than 1 million Australian students in Years 3, ...

As long as she could remember, Sydney principal Alison Felici always loved dogs. "I've had a lot of rescue dogs over time," Alison told Education Review. "Now I have two pugs, and Micky." In the aftermath of back-to-back Covid-19 lockdowns ...

Education experts have called to push NAPLAN testing towards the end of the year to better assess students' progress and overhaul the writing test to make it more meaningful.  From tomorrow until 27 March, 1.3 million Australian students across 9800 ...

Teachers should try to check in and engage with their colleagues to help keep their stress levels at bay during NAPLAN season, an education expert has said. On Wednesday, more than 1.3 million students nationwide will sit the NAPLAN test. ...

A major inquiry into how many young people have taken up vaping has been launched in Queensland amid concerns that kids have become "so addicted" they can't concentrate. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has sounded the alarm on the number of ...

Dr Poh Wah Hillock likes to ask her students a lot of questions in class, even if they might find it a little irritating. “After so many years of teaching I still have to think about my lessons and refine ...

Teachers can reduce their workloads and boost student engagement by using innovative furniture in their classrooms, a new study shows.  A three-year study by Edith Cowan University found that 'innovative furniture' such as ottomans, sofas, high tables and benches in ...

With NAPLAN set to begin nationwide in less than a week, an education expert has argued the emergence of writing bots like ChatGPT will put an end to the writing test. Deakin University senior lecturer in pedagogy and curriculum Dr ...

The former business manager of a Melbourne high school who embezzled more than $400,000 from her employer in order to fund a rampant gambling addiction has been jailed. Frances Walshe, 65, was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria on Monday, ...

Nearly half of year 1 students in NSW schools are reading below their expected age level, according to results from the latest state phonics check. In 2022, almost 65,045 students participated in the mandated phonics screening check across over 1,643 ...