With Genius Hour becoming a trend in schools in Australia and globally, one teacher warns that teachers shouldn’t tell the students they will assess it, and not to mark it via a rubric. Otherwise you’ll just get slideshow presentations.

News Corp’s Herald Sun newspaper will next year unveil its Kids News website, which it hopes will inform school children with age appropriate information – helping teachers to discuss current affairs in the classroom.

A survey shows while most parents intend to save money for their children’s education only one-third follow through – though most believe the federal government should help them.

A survey shows while most parents intend to save money for their children’s education only one-third follow through – though most believe the federal government should help them.

Former Prime Minister and cricket fan, John Howard, launched Bradman by the Numbers. Howard says it’s a “fine idea” if children are introduced to cricket through their maths lessons.

Former Prime Minister and cricket fan, John Howard, launched Bradman by the Numbers. Howard says it’s a “fine idea” if children are introduced to cricket through their maths lessons.

“You can walk into a mathematics classroom, you can open up your textbook, and you can do a whole lot of stem-and-leaf graphs or a whole lot of Manhattan graphs or a whole lot of other graphs, yet there may not be a whole lot of purpose to doing those units. When you're working and doing those units to answer a question such as ‘was Bradman the best batter of all time,’ it gives real purpose and relevance to that mathematics unit.”

“You can walk into a mathematics classroom, you can open up your textbook, and you can do a whole lot of stem-and-leaf graphs or a whole lot of Manhattan graphs or a whole lot of other graphs, yet there may not be a whole lot of purpose to doing those units. When you're working and doing those units to answer a question such as ‘was Bradman the best batter of all time,’ it gives real purpose and relevance to that mathematics unit.”

Australia’s schooling system is “world-class.”

Australia’s schooling system is “world-class.”