Curriculum

Australian school students should be educated for democracy. But that means learning a lot more than civics

Truth commissions in Nordic countries are addressing racism and the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples. The education sector must play an active role in truth-telling – as it must in Australia

Some Australian schools are still not running a swimming program, with up to 40 per cent of children missing out on key skills

Education is an important part of societal change, but what are the best ways to include truth-telling in the Australian curriculum?

The Australian Curriculum’s deeper engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures is a matter of national importance

To improve Australia’s education system, we need to move away from the idea that the basic features of education are fixed

Many schools promote teaching the ‘whole child’, but to do this, education cannot only focus on knowing and doing – it must explicitly embrace being

Australian literature hasn’t received the attention it deserves in the classroom, but a new project aims to help teachers share its diversity with Australian high-school students

When many schools have cupboards full of musical instruments, why are so few students learning to play?

Australian schools are about to introduce the new Digital Technologies curriculum