Students who perceive they have a strong connection with their teacher are far more likely to enjoy attending school than their peers who don't, a new study has shown.  Researchers surveyed over 1,000 students in Years 7-10 across three Queensland ...

While the revised national curriculum allows Australian students to learn more about climate change, education experts say teachers need more support to deliver it effectively. According to Kim Beasy, a curriculum and pedagogy lecturer at the University of Tasmania, the ...

Isolation – it’s a word we’ve all become too familiar with since 2020. For many of us, it was a feeling that we had never experienced before, but there is a vital part of our community that experiences it on ...

The rise of social media has prompted calls for students to learn how to communicate using digital media like TikTok videos, YouTube, blog posts, Instagram, memes and podcasts. According to senior lecturer in Pedagogy and Curriculum at Deakin University Lucinda ...

A mass shooting at a US elementary school has claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers. Yesterday, at around 11:30 local time, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos drove to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a small city in Texas located ...

Educational apps used by millions of students during the pandemic harvested personal information and tracked children's locations without consent, a global investigation has found.  Recent analysis from advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) looked at 164 educational applications and websites ...

There are growing concerns among health professionals over the impact rising flu cases are having on Australian kids. The nation is going through a “flurona” after Covid measures and border closures virtually stopped influenza from spreading over the last two ...

Labor is set to form the 31st parliament of Australia after Anthony Albanese emerged victorious over Scott Morrison on Saturday. Speaking to his supporters, Albanese said he wanted to "change the way that politics operates in this country" and asserted ...

The school assessment system focuses on only in one language, English. Yet, more than one in five Australians speak another language at home, and over 300 distinct languages are used in the country. According to Curtin University lecturer Carly Steele, ...

Catholic School teachers across NSW and ACT will be on the picket lines this week asking for better working conditions and a 10 to 15 per cent salary reset. The industrial action will take place on May 27 and has ...