Australian education stands up well in some important international comparisons. In Organisation for Economic Co-operation…More

The early medieval universities were initially integrated with the cities that nurtured them, and were…More

Federal Education Minister Julie Bishop advocates establishing a ‘merit pay’ system for schools, under which…More

Let’s strip away the propaganda, self-interest and cliché in the so-called ‘education debate’ and ask…More

At last, the Howard Government’s school funding system is to be investigated via an inquiry…More

Tomorrow (17 August), 22 people meet in Canberra for the first Australian History Summit a…More

Something strange happened to the lead editorial of The Australian on Easter Saturday. Instead of…More

At the beginning of 1972 I had a temporary job in the fees office at…More