Indigenous education

Steady progress in closing Indigenous education gap

Qld is home to nearly one-third of Australia's Indigenous students and claims to be increasing its school attendance rate.

6 years ago

National Indigenous STEM award winners announced

A school that teaches robotics in its local Aboriginal language and a primary school student who discovered an undescribed species…

6 years ago

Remote Aboriginal school takes out science award with bush medicine

This remote Aboriginal school has taken out a WA state-wide award never before won outside metropolitan Perth with their work…

6 years ago

How to teach and engage Aboriginal students

Teaching Aboriginal students requires sensitivity and knowledge about Aboriginal cultural protocols. Successful programs relate content to real life and build…

7 years ago

Teaching, learning and culture at Tennant Creek

Teach For Australia associate, Will Lutwyche appeared in SBS documentary, Testing Teachers; he shares his experiences in Tennant Creek and…

7 years ago

Birmingham says funding drought for WA is history

In an interview on Channel 9 Today Perth with Tracy Vo, education minister Simon Birmingham spoke again on needs based…

7 years ago

State libraries partner with govt to advance Indigenous STEM skills

One Australian state has launched a plan to advance STEM skills for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students. Students…

7 years ago

Indigenous narrative a gateway to First Nations experiences

Recent controversy confirms petrifying children is not the way to teach the Stolen Generations to students, but what is? A…

7 years ago

New research shows inequality in education remains

When we think of a “good society” – one that is fair and just – a defining characteristic is likely…

7 years ago

Why many high-achieving Indigenous students are shunning university

Despite having similar aspirations in primary schools, high-achieving Indigenous students were significantly less likely to want to go to university…

7 years ago

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