Science has come a long way in understanding why humans behave the way they do, and why children might behave in ways that we find challenging. Yet, the way people deal with these challenging behaviours hasn’t changed nearly as much. ...

Victorian primary schools are moving away from streaming students according to ability amid fears it is doing more harm than good, and is damaging to students self-esteem and wellbeing. Northcote Primary School in Melbourne's inner city is leading the way, with parents ...

The Hume Australian Christian College (ACC) principal shadowed a student around school for a day in September as part of the Shadow a Student Challenge, an international initiative meant to transform school culture through 'deeper learning'. Deeper learning encourages students ...

A University of Queensland (UQ) first-year student is equipping year 11 and 12 ATAR students with interactive peer-to-peer learning ahead of this year's preliminary and Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) exams. Oliver Barr-David, founder of Queensland Study Hub, has turned ...

Public school counsellors will receive a $27,000 pay rise and teachers a $10,000 pay rise after negotiations between the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) and the NSW government reached an agreement on Tuesday. Acting president of the NSWTF Henry Rajendra announced the ...

Career conversations can be loaded with anxiety, but they can also serve as a vehicle to improving mental health wellbeing if approached in an integrated way. Wellbeing in schools has been in focus in recent years with the evident mental ...

Improving teachers' workload, student well-being and equity are key elements to boost student outcomes, a government report found, yet unions are urging for the inclusion of school funding in the review. An interim Productivity Commission report on the National School ...

In March of 2022, the OECD published a policy brief based on the views of over 150 youth organisations across 72 countries. The key message that youth organisations around the world are most concerned about is the impact of the ...

Students with a greater sense of wellbeing are far more likely to achieve a higher test score later in the school year, new research has shown.  A new study from Australian National University collected data from 3,400 Year 7 to ...

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 ...