April 2013     The Federal Government has today set out its plan for proper resourcing of all our classrooms, teachers and schools for generations to come, to take Australian schools into the top five in the world.  The National Plan for School Improvement will establish a new, fairer school funding approach, based on the needs of individual students and linked to reforms that will improve school performance.  ...read more »

April 2013 Schools matter when it comes to students’ tertiary entrance rankings and university enrolment, according to a new report, The impact of schools on young people’s transition to university.  ...read more »

March 2013      Regular family suppers contribute to good mental health in adolescents, according to a study co-authored by McGill professor Frank Elgar, Institute for Health and Social Policy. Family meal times are a measurable signature of social exchanges in the home that benefit adolescents’ well-being – regardless of whether or not they feel they can easily talk to their parents.  ...read more »

March 2013     Almost two-thirds of children say that something stops them from doing what they want to do after school. Our Time: How young people spend their time after school and how they want to spend it’, is a landmark research project conducted by the NSW Commission’s for Children and Young People.  ...read more »

March 2013     The percentage of girls studying no maths for their HSC has more than doubled in the past decade, a report co-authored by University of Sydney researchers shows.  ...read more »

March 2013 A new national ‘reading blitz’ for all students between Foundation and Year 3 is set to be launched next year to help tackle falling literacy standards and prevent thousands of Australian children from falling behind in their schooling.  ...read more »

February 2013     New research from Optus has revealed that one in five parents have never discussed cyber safety with their children.  When it comes to online security, parents of school aged children have a range of concerns.  Parents’ apprehension relates to a variety of potential threats with seven in ten citing computer viruses as their biggest concern, ahead of security of personal details, stranger danger and peer-to-peer bullying:  ...read more »

February 2013     Research from the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, led by the University of Western Sydney and supported by Google Australia, has revealed that young people are aware of the risks of being online – but they could show their parents a thing or two.  ...read more »

January 2013     Swimming and water safety skills, first aid and dealing with bullying are all key features of the new draft Australian Curriculum for Health and Physical Education (HPE) which has been released for consultation.  ...read more »

January 2013     Reports released by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) reveal disappointing results for Australia in the latest international study of mathematics and science achievement, and in Australia’s first ever international assessment of reading at primary school level.  ...read more »