Liverpool West Public School reopened on Monday after bonded asbestos that was found in its garden mulch in February was removed. Teachers and students were able to return to school after the asbestos-contaminated mulch was cleared and an independent hygienist ...

The government has allocated an extra $7.9 million to expand an expert-led teacher training program to NSW primary schools The Nexus primary pilot program, run by La Trobe University, will send 105 aspiring teachers to schools in NSW and Victoria ...

Government funding to Australian private schools has increased at almost twice the rate of funding to public schools since Gonski, new curriculum data shows. According to Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority data seen by the Guardian, 98 per cent ...

More students in Australia are experiencing poor mental health and concentration issues during highly stressful periods like the HSC, new data shows. Figures released by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) show that 6924 Australian students received extra support during ...

Teachers, principals and key education figures will meet with federal education minister Jason Clare on Friday in Canberra to negotiate the upcoming National School Reform Agreement (NSRA). The meeting comes after the federal education department released a consultation paper that ...

Parents of students from a group of West Australian Anglican schools have been told they could be banned or their children could be expelled for breaches of a strict new code of conduct. The rules have been rolled out by the West ...

More than 5000 temporary and casual staff across NSW have accepted permanent teaching roles since April, according to official data. The state education department said 5,463 temporary teachers and support staff at 982 schools have converted to full-time since Labor’s ...

Young people have kicked off a national campaign at Parliament House to lower the federal voting age from 18 to 16, but the government says it’s not the country’s “priority right now”. Supported by independent MPs Monique Ryan and Andrew ...

Children in Queensland will have access to free kindergarten under a new measure the government says will help save families “thousands of dollars” each year. Ahead of the state’s budget on Tuesday, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the $645 million ...

A NSW MP has proposed a controversial move to extend school hours to 6pm. Millennial member for Ryde, Jordan Lane, was elected to his seat in NSW parliament in March and issued his maiden speech last week. He used his ...