Recent research has obscured the wellbeing divide between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’. Almudena Sevilla from Queen Mary University of London has found that better educated mums are less happy when caring for their kids. After controlling for other ...

Along with bombarding Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s social media accounts with a plea for higher wages, for national #EqualPayDay on September 8, more than 100 early-childhood educators also walked off the job in Victoria. The action was organised by union United Voice’s Big Steps campaigners. ...

In this week’s episode of Talking Eds, the team behind Campus Review, Education Review and Early Learning Review unpack body image issues in the preschool playground, look into the USQ ecologist who was forced to withdraw from a conservation conference ...

It takes a community – the modern-day village – to keep a child safe. That’s the key message of this year’s annual National Child Protection Week, which began on Sunday. The event is organised by the National Association for Prevention ...

It’s finally springtime. This is when tulips and daffodils blossom – along with parliamentary bills. That means it’s time for childcare reform, provided the Senate plays along. The education minister, Simon Birmingham, promised that, upon his return, childcare reforms would be top ...

It is the best of times and the worst of times for Working With Children Checks (WWCCs). South Australia is leading the other states and territories by example. A plan to revamp SA’s WWCCs by establishing portable checks valid for ...

Australian youth unemployment is almost the highest it’s been in ten years. For Gen Alpha, will this mean that, come their careers, they must innovate or fail? If this is the case, what makes an entrepreneur? Is entrepreneurialism an inborn ...

The fuzzy, grey, cloud-like Mr Huff has won early childhood Book of the Year. The non-profit Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) awarded the accolade to Anna Walker’s story about emotions that overshadow a young boy. Although the titular character, Mr Huff, personifies glumness, ...