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Is progress actually being made on Indigenous education? This infographic looks at various areas including policy, scholarships, school leadership, literacy and much more.

Data big and small have come to education, from creating online platforms to increasing standardised assessments. But how can AI help us use and improve it?

In Australia, the rate at which parents are delaying their children’s entry into school appears to be increasing. If professionals are to give sound advice to parents on when to start school, more research is needed.

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.

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 having similar aspirations in primary schools, high-achieving Indigenous students were significantly less likely to want to go to university than their high-achieving non-Indigenous peers.

“I’m just so bad at maths!” Too often we hear that claim uttered in fear and frustration. It’s not just students who say this, but also their parents and, in some cases, their teachers, particularly in primary schools.

School camps can offer a student a sense of meaning and purpose, they can provide practice in overcoming obstacles, develop endurance and broaden a student’s view of their own capabilities, and the world around them.