The Australian school curriculum is set for a major overhaul as it plans to strip back subjects to focus on literacy and numeracy. As part of the changes schools won't teach students how to tell the ...

Critics of Australia’s new national curriculum have welcomed its renewed focus on phonics and times tables, but the agency responsible has come under fire for not being transparent. But the agency ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from National. Followed categories will be added to My News. They will also learn more about the impact the British settlers had on First Nations Australians and about ...

A meeting of education ministers in Canberra has agreed to refer recommendations from the national curriculum review to the body that oversees the curriculum. Education Minister Christopher Pyne says ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Education experts say planned changes to the Australian curriculum mandating that students learn about consent and the role of power in ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The culture wars and political tension that have engulfed the drafting of the new national school curriculum are a critical part of the ...

Behind the false assertion that the national curriculum is left-wing lies the hope that an Abbott Government will instead expose children to the corrective propaganda of the Right, writes Tony Taylor.

It’s being touted as a change that will lead to better results but critics of a new ‘stripped back’ curriculum warn “the devil will be in the detail”. They will also learn more about the impact the ...

They will also learn more about the impact the British settlers had on First Nations Australians and about Australian democracy. History has also been “significantly decluttered”, allowing more time ...