Education

Budget 2019 has little new for schools and even less for early childhood: education experts respond

April 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

Peter Goss, Grattan Institute; Steven Lewis, Deakin University, and Susan Irvine, Queensland University of Technology In his first budget speech, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg [...]

Male teachers are most likely to rate highly in university student feedback

February 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

Merlin Crossley, UNSW; Emma Johnston, UNSW, and Yanan Fan, UNSW University students, like many in society, demonstrate bias against women and particularly women from [...]

USA: Just how educated are Americans?

August 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

Dora Mekouar For the first time ever, 90 percent of Americans over the age of 25 have finished high school, and more than one-third of Americans over the age of 25 has a [...]

Qld Education Unions Fight For Teachers Being Taken Advantage Of By Qld Unis

August 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Education Unions, the Queensland Teachers Union and the Independent Education Union in Queensland are standing up for teachers supervising student teachers on teaching [...]

What we know about why Chinese students come to Australia to study

June 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

What we know about why Chinese students come to Australia to study Chinese students in Canberra for the 2008 Beijing Olympics torch relay. Pierre Pouliquin/flickr, CC [...]

1 in 5 grade 3 boys have an emotional or behavioural problem and are 12 months behind their peers academically

August 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

One in five grade three boys have an emotional or behavioural problem and lag academically about 12 months behind their peers according to a recent academic study. The study [...]

Turnbull Government Attacks Catholic Education Sector & Dismisses Their Concerns Over Gonski 2.0

May 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Turnbull government has dismissed concerns raised by the Catholic Education Sector over Gonski 2.0. The Catholic sector has warned that some schools may close due [...]

Labor: Gonski 2.0 “an act of political bastardry”

May 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Labor has condemned the Gonski 2.0 plan as calling it “an act of political bastardry” and “smoke and mirrors”. Labor has announced that the new [...]

Educating Australia – why our schools aren’t improving

February 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

Tom Bentley, RMIT University and Glenn C. Savage, University of Melbourne In this series we’ll explore how to improve schools in Australia, based on essays from a new book, [...]

Things you were taught at school that are wrong

January 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

Misty Adoniou, University of Canberra Do you remember being taught you should never start your sentences with “And” or “But”? What if I told you that your teachers [...]