A Gold Coast high school principal who successfully sued parents for defamation after they called her an “evil, nasty, horrible woman” in social media posts has taken leave amid speculation about her future. Long-serving Tamborine Mountain State High principal Tracey ...

A University of South Australia (UniSA) study on school discipline discourse found 'gaps' in the NSW behaviour strategy, and said suspending students could exacerbate bad behaviour in disadvantaged kids who need more support in the classroom. The study said that ...

Earlier this month, the New South Wales government announced it would roll out programs for gifted students in every public school in the state. This comes amid concerns gifted school students are not achieving their potential. A previous review in ...

It's well established that adolescence is a time of angst. Young people have the awareness to understand the challenges in the world around them (and, often, a capacity to imagine the worst), but do not yet have the experience or ...

Three decades ago Cherie Watkins became the first teacher of Aboriginal language at an Adelaide school – and now her daughter is following in her footsteps. Although Cherylynne Catanzariti has been teaching Aboriginal language for almost 30 years, it was ...

NSW public school enrolments have dropped by more than 24,000 since the Covid-19 pandemic, as families opt to send their kids to non-government schools. New figures released last Tuesday show a year-on-year fall in government school enrolments for the fourth consecutive year in NSW. ...

Despite our efforts to foster social and emotional intelligence and build resilience through specialised programs, the decline of our students' emotional resilience persists. We live in a world where adversity is inevitable, yet there's an underlying expectation that we, as ...

Education leaders and maths associations gathered in Adelaide this week to develop a commitment statement and action plan to close the gap in maths education outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. The National Summit on Indigenous Students and Mathematics Education, ...

A new federal vaping prevention program has been rolled out in Australian high schools to curb a worrying rise in vaping among teenagers, after data revealed nearly one in 10 people over the age of 14 used e-cigarettes.  The OurFutures ...

The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) has allowed First Nations children to “set high expectations” of themselves for 15 years, driving up year 12 completion and university rates across the country. Since garnering federal funding under the Rudd government, the ...