For many teachers, news coverage of education seems to be unrelentingly negative. They say this is particularly noticeable in reporting of results of standardized tests such as NAPLAN and the OECD's ...

NAPLAN has caused much controversy this year, as has become customary. With the test in its tenth year, the New South Wales government called for it to be scrapped and there were calls for a review ...

A PE teacher was asked to instruct a maths class as part of a growing Australian trend where educators are schooling students in topics outside of their expertise. Australian students are about a year ...

The latest international education rankings confirm that we’ve entrenched low expectations in our school system, especially in maths and science. And this has been particularly harmful to children ...