Many students, particularly in less advantaged locations, are not being taught by qualified science and mathematics teachers. Addressing this long-standing  issue has been a priority for governments because of declining student performance, poor student engagement and the significance of building ...

Former PM Julia Gillard is set to lead a royal commission into South Australia's early childhood education sector to look at how the state can bring forward access to preschool by one year.  Gillard’s appointment follows a pledge made by ...

Using fear appeal to encourage Year 12 students to perform better can have adverse effects on students’ stress and increase teachers’ anxiety, a new study shows.  Lead researcher from Macquarie University professor in psychology Viviana Wuthrich says teachers using fear ...

RSPCA calls out kids for deliberately agitating magpies for TikTok content. Since the beginning of spring, magpies and other nesting birds have been out more than usual defending their young. Victims of swooping birds have since taken to social media ...

HSC students have labelled this years' English Paper 1 ‘fair’ despite some high schoolers turning away from the subject.  On Wednesday, more than 67,000 NSW students started their HSC written exams with English Paper 1, following the practical, performance and ...

Some practices and ways of working, historically, have proven more enduring than others. Digital nomadism actually represents a huge step away from the long-established experiences and traditions of human learning which have customarily relied upon F2F (face to face) human ...

Universities in NSW are set to review how early entry offers are being made to students as schools across the state prepare for final HSC exams. According to the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC), more than 41,000 NSW and ACT Year ...

Australian students' academic results have "stagnated" over the past decade despite a billion-dollar injection of additional funding into schools, according to the Productivity Commission. The Commission's latest interim report, published last week, found nearly one in ten Year 9 students ...

A new study has revealed grim new e-cigarette usage among teens, with more than 80 per cent saying it is “easy” to get vapes from illegal sources.  The Generation Vape study, led by Cancer Council NSW has found Australian teenagers ...

An expert has called for a review of the national curriculum as he says its "narrow" and "standardised" focus has reduced critical thinking and reasoning skills in Australian students. Charles Darwin University education lecturer Dr Stephen Bolaji says the structure ...