Education

World Cup fans are getting inclusion right when sport often isn't

From Texas to Melbourne, the 2026 World Cup is revealing genuine human connection alongside persistent structural gaps. But what matters now is whether these lessons become permanent

Research

How learning grows in school gardens across the Indo-Pacific

School greening programs are bringing the latest research into classrooms – reshaping curriculum, teacher training and climate education in the Solomon Islands, Fiji and the Maldives

Research

The truth about First Nations children and schooling has been told, retold and ignored

Three major inquiries over 35 years have reached the same conclusion: Australia's education system functions as a tool of colonial harm. So why hasn't it produced justice?

Research

Djambatj Dhukarr – Walking the Road to Excellence Together

For fifteen years, teacher candidates from Melbourne have learned on Yolŋu Country in bilingual classrooms, showing what respectful collaboration between universities and Indigenous communities can look like

Research

The Gonski reforms are over a decade late and millions short

Analysis of school funding has shown the ideals of the 2011 Gonski review are falling well short in Victoria, forcing some schools to prioritise affordability over educational growth

Research

Every student deserves to see themselves represented in school reading

Teachers need support and better resources to ensure prescribed texts are not tokenistic, but present an affirming representation of the LGBTQIA+ community

Opinion

Trauma follows children into the classroom. A new teaching model is changing that

Childhood trauma can undermine the very skills learning depends on – but the right teacher training can change that

Opinion

When ADHD is talked about as a fad – it does more than misrepresent science

Public conversations about disability are never neutral. When ADHD is framed as a social media trend, real people pay the price with delayed diagnoses and years of self-doubt

Opinion

Reading how to be male

The rise of aggressive masculinity isn’t only online – it’s in the books boys love. But those same texts can lead to meaningful conversations about gender and identity

Analysis

Re-imagining the university lecture for the next generation of Australian students

Facing empty seats and a digital dilemma, the future of the university lecture needs to be co-created to benefit student experience and wellbeing