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NewsWireAugust 25, 2026
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NSW Catholic schools’ chief sacked

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is looking into allegations Mr McInerney breached electoral funding laws by channelling funds through the peak school body to a secretive faction of the NSW Liberal Party.
Policy & Reform

Euan Kielly and NewsWireAugust 25, 2026
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Arrests reignite all-boys’ school debate

Experts and advocates are debating whether all-boys schools contribute to cultures that enable harmful behaviour, following allegations involving students from two Sydney private schools and renewed discussion about consent education.
Policy & Reform

Jessa RogersAugust 25, 2026
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Retention, Indigenous kids and private schools

The Coalition's push for more Aboriginal students to attend private schools has drawn scrutiny from researchers who say educational success should be measured by more than Year 12 retention rates.

Student protests draw thousands

Primary students’ antisemitic comments

Teenage girl wearing school shirt and tie writing in exam booklet, arm resting on desk

NAPLAN: Numeracy improves, literacy slips

Two primary school children concentrating as their teacher explains with pensive expressions on their faces

Testing exposes Australia’s education divide

Victorian teachers plan third strike

Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane. Picture: Newswire.

Marist Ashgrove agrees to review culture

Workforce

Workforce

Rebecca CoxAugust 18, 2026
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Vic teachers accept new offer

Victorian teachers have overwhelmingly voted to endorse the latest wages and conditions offer from the new Carroll government, which addressed…
August 4, 2026

Advocacy vs abuse: When parents get it wrong
July 28, 2026

Sea of red as Vic teachers strike
July 23, 2026

Vic teachers vote down pay offer, strike

Classroom Practice

Health and Wellbeing

Kim Beasy and Sherridan EmeryAugust 6, 2026
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The power of school pride groups

School pride groups help LGBTQIA+ students feel safer, more connected and more engaged with school, but new research suggests many groups remain vulnerable due to staffing pressures and limited institutional support.
July 30, 2026

Record numbers for PM’s Spelling Bee
July 30, 2026

Ill-equipped for sex education, teachers say
July 28, 2026

What should an Australian teacher look like?

Young people living in ’polycrisis‘

A report on young people's experiences in the five years since the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted their schooling has found that they are living in what the researchers have called a 'polycrisis'.

August 11, 2026

$10m anti-bullying campaign announced

In response to the recommendations of the Anti-Bullying Rapid Review, the Albanese Labor government has announced a $10 million national awareness campaign, which includes television and radio ads that ask the question “Can you tell…

August 11, 2026

Spotting psychosocial hazards at school

The potential for psychosocial hazards such as parent conflict, poor student behaviour and long hours to affect school staff, often gets written off as “just part of the job.” The numbers back this up. According…

July 30, 2026

Giving up sport not an academic strategy

Every year, as students approach Years 11 and 12, the same conversation recurs: “I’m giving up sport so I can focus on the HSC/VCE/QCE/etc.” The decision seems sensible – school becomes harder, assessments matter more…

July 28, 2026

eSafety warning on school photos

The eSafety Commissioner has warned schools and their communities that sharing photos and videos online is increasingly risky with the rise and ‘weaponisation’ of AI tools. In the last 18 months, there has been a…

July 23, 2026

School readiness for choking incidents

A choking emergency is a low-frequency event in schools, but when it happens it demands fast, coordinated decision making. That combination can expose gaps that ordinary safety checks miss: staff may know first aid but…

July 9, 2026

How Our Futures Institute tackles vaping

Schools have always played a role in alcohol and illicit drug prevention, and that education is even more important with the rise of vapes and e-cigarettes.

June 9, 2026

Parent anxiety can follow children into classroom

What if part of student anxiety educators have to manage is not only student distress, but the anxiety of the adults around the child?

June 4, 2026

‘Embarrassing, gross’: Period education gets revamp

Young girls and boys now have an interactive game to teach them about periods and women's menstrual health, which still faces stigma in the classroom and in homes.

June 2, 2026

Three ways to help students finish school

There are many things schools can do from Year 7 to support students to stay until Year 12. Here are three of the most important ones.

May 26, 2026

New taskforce on student engagement

A recently established taskforce has found that early warning signs for student disengagement can be identified and acted on in the first few years of secondary school. Currently schools primarily rely on absence date as…

May 21, 2026

Teacher ‘snapped’ before knife attack

An IT teacher has been sentenced to 15 months in gaol after attacking his principal with two knives. Kim Ramchen, 37, was arrested on December 2 last year after Keysborough Secondary College staff managed to…

Policy and Reform

Policy & Reform

Megan GilmourAugust 20, 2026
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Moving from mainstream to ‘shadow sector’

When school is inaccessible, families are being increasingly pushed towards the rapidly expanding ecosystem of so-called alternative providers that are operating with far less oversight, accountability and safeguarding than the schools they have left behind.
August 20, 2026

Unintended consequences of ‘device-free’
August 4, 2026

Why families choose private schools
July 9, 2026

AERO review could ‘undermine trust’ in resources

School Management

School Management

Erin MorleyAugust 13, 2026
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Learning in the great outdoors

A census from the Australian Camps Association found the industry now generates $1.74bn annually and employs over 15,000 people.
July 23, 2026

School readiness for choking incidents
July 14, 2026

Call for solar panels, batteries in NSW schools
July 2, 2026

Is isolation an effective discipline tool?

AI and Technology

August 20, 2026

Phishing goes next level with AI

Artificial intelligence is enabling cybercriminals to produce increasingly convincing phishing attacks, prompting schools and universities to strengthen cyber defences as traditional methods of spotting scam emails become less reliable.

July 2, 2026

Is there such a thing as good screen time?

New screen time restrictions in classrooms are being deliberated after the Victorian government dramatically restricted the amount of time students are allowed to spend on devices.

June 30, 2026

Social media ban laws to be strengthened

Labor will introduce legislation on Monday to bolster the powers of the online safety watchdog and double fines for social media companies in breach of Australia’s landmark social media ban.

June 10, 2026

A revolution is happening in ed-tech

From personalised learning tools to new ways of connecting with families, the latest innovations in ed-tech are giving teachers and students opportunities that simply didn’t exist a decade ago.

June 9, 2026

Assessments not preparing students for AI: Expert

A professor has called on curriculum and assessment bodies to update how students are tested to ensure they are properly learning about artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

June 2, 2026

Parents asked to delay smartphone use in kids

The South Australian government has prompted parents to commit to delaying buying their kids a mobile phone use in a bid to improve learning and mental health in students.