“Instead of helping her develop the language, all primary teachers assessed her language in comparison with the monolinguals and demanded to cut the other languages ‘to improve’ the school language.” That was one parent’s account of the way their daughter’s ...

 EducationReview · 2020: Looking back and moving forward in education - Adam Voigt - Episode 1 Education, like many sectors in 2020, was severely disrupted in several states and territories, with lockdowns, border closures and remote learning models all ...

Australian researchers believe uniform delivery of lunchtime food at school could be a recipe for better childhood nutrition and learning. Nutrition and dietetics researcher at Flinders University Professor Rebecca Golley said the model would involve all children in school being ...

It was used as a weapon against media by former US President Donald Trump and it’s “here to stay” – fake news was voted word of the decade. A team from Macquarie University asked Australians to choose from a shortlist ...

A new paper that explores the reasons why the children of welfare recipients are more likely to require welfare support themselves has revealed that not completing high school is the primary reason. The research also provides a more evidence-based understanding ...

When students enter into learning – real learning as opposed to simply being given something to do – they can get lost in it much like I imagine an orchestra can be carried away by a musical composition.  Readers are ...

Legislation introduced to NSW Parliament by One Nation’s Mark Latham would be “knocked out of operation” by the federal constitution if it was to pass, an expert says. Associate Professor Luke Beck, a constitutional law scholar based at Monash University, ...

Images of a so-called meteorite crash landing on the grounds of a Queensland school have gone viral. The Australia crash investigation unit Facebook page shared the photos with the hashtag #meteorite on Monday morning. The post caused such a stir it was ...

As we begin the 2021 school year across Australia, most school leaders cut their 'holidays' short and were back to work planning and engaging in professional learning long before they were scheduled to. If we are honest, many never really ...

A new Holocaust museum will be established in Canberra to educate Australians about the mass murder of six million Jewish people. The federal government will provide $750,000 towards the new memorial to help students, teachers and the wider community learn about ...