Sustainable Songs is a new music resource developed by Arts:Live in partnership with The a2 Milk Company. The project takes children through a process of making and playing fruit and veggie instruments and then recycling the scraps to make a delicious Musical Soup. Read More

The construction and design community is being challenged to develop a new high-quality, classroom model that can reduce the number of demountable classrooms used in NSW government schools. Read More

Outstanding teachers, administrators and schools have been recognised in the 2017 WA Education Awards. The individual award winners received $25,000, 50% for professional development and 50% cash. Finalists in each category received $2500. The primary and secondary schools and The WA Premier’s Excellence in Aboriginal Education winners received $15.000. Read More

The Victorian Government has committed heavily to upgrading schools around the state, investing $2.5 billion over three years. Read More

Being the first at anything is tough and that holds true for higher education. Researchers have discovered that targeted support to students is needed if underrepresented population groups are to aspire to university. Read More

There’s more to it than university as Australia’s National Apprentice Employment Network (NAEN) will be quick to tell you. NAEN has welcomed a new initiative from the federal government aimed at promoting the extraordinary range of careers available. Read More

They’ll say that they’re better at most things but one thing is official; girls are much better than boys at working together to solve problems. So says the first OECD PISA assessment of collaborative problem solving. Read More

Parents are choosing a public school instead of an independent, reversing the drift to private that has worried commentators. Analysis by the ABS for Fairfax Newspapers shows enrollments have increased proportionately by almost 7 per cent since 2006. Read More

International Baccalaureate students will get early offers from a number of Sydney universities based on their predicted results, up to three weeks ahead of the new December 21 round of offers for HSC students. Read More

A new report, co-written by QUT, shows more than half of Australian school children consuming news on the internet hardly ever or never check if it’s fake. 69 per cent say news makes them feel smart or knowledgeable but 54% of young people don’t check whether news stories are true. Read More

The first 50 schools to become BPAY Billers before 30 March 2018 will receive a $1000 rebate towards their BPAY set-up costs and will automatically go into a draw to win a $10,000 grant. Read More

A developmental undertaking to improve the occupational opportunities of women working in Australia’s schools has been announced. The ‘Year of Women in Leadership’ will run throughout 2018  Read More