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The Australian Education Union (AEU) has expressed serious concern about the federal government’s move to prevent the new panel reviewing student outcomes from considering school funding allocation.

One Australian state has launched a plan to advance STEM skills for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students. Students will be able to develop and test their coding and robotics skills at public libraries statewide.

The federal government has named the panel of experts that will lead an inquiry into ensuring that levels of investment in schools actually have an impact, boosting the results of Australian students.

Education is a home-school partnership, yet direct involvement in classroom activities, excursions and parent committees drops after preschool. Some schools are using interactive technologies, such as parent-school wikis, blogs, and virtual chatrooms to engage parents.

‘Hyveminds’ is a social enterprise scheme that provides free access to digital textbooks for students in underprivileged areas in Australia and abroad, developed by Victorian social enterpriser, Michael D’Rosario.

We need to be teaching in a way that promotes innovation and creativity, but research indicates employers and students have varying perceptions of innovation, which will affects the employability of tomorrow's workforce.

Despite improvements to their content over time, secondary school history textbooks still imply that Australians are white. Research has shown that students who aren’t represented in textbooks perform worse academically.

Every state and territory issues specific requirements for professional development (PD) requirements for continued registration of teachers. Amid constant discussion about ‘better teachers’ and sliding PISA results, teachers are feeling the pressure to skill up. 

Children who reportedly played electronic games for over one hour per day were identified by their teachers as having poor attention span, less ability to stay on task, and displaying more emotional difficulties.

A new Australian study shows that teenagers who have been both a victim and a bully are at greatest risk of mental health problems, including self-harm and suicidal thoughts.