Education
Is means testing of public schools a looming reality?
A leaked federal government discussion paper revealed the government is considering reviewing how education funding operates. The paper provided four......
Street University opens in Queensland
A new initiative has sprung up in southeast Queensland to treat young people with drug and alcohol problems. Street University......
Encouraging Indigenous engineers
Workshops at Australia’s first National Indigenous Engineering Summit are developing programs to increase Indigenous involvement in the discipline. The focus......
Indigenous families focus for early learning program expansion
Indigenous families will be the focus of the expansion of early learning and parenting program HIPPY. Minister for Social Services......
Is porn taking the place of sex ed?
Porn is the new birds and the bees talk. It is estimated that two thirds of the western world with......
Education budget to widen the gap
The Federal budget is still on the spotlight, and the Education budget has been slashed again this year. While some......
Victorian government inquiry to decide whether homework is useful
Students find it boring. Parents find it stressful. Teachers don’t always value it, and academics say that it doesn’t lead......
Students call on universities to drop fossil fuel investments
University students and their lecturers joined The National Day of Campus Divestment Action, urging universities to divest fossil fuel investments.......
Coding club creeping up on the curriculum
Last Year, England became the first country to teach programming in primary and secondary schools. At the time, British Prime......
Human resource specialists to grade teachers
Human resource specialists will be be placed in South Australian schools to review teachers. But what does this mean for......