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About 46,000 Victorian teachers and principals are set to share in more than $37 million in back payments after the Federal Court of Australia today handed down its final orders relating to its recent finding against the Department of Education and ...

  Principal builds pedagogy through the strength of collaborative responsibility. By Madeleine Regan School leadership for Chris Bartlett is about connection, collaboration and bringing people together to benefit students and their learning. At Mater Dei Primary School, Toowoomba, Bartlett is ...

  Our national prosperity depends upon educational approaches that will help create elite teachers and school leaders. By Margery Evans What kind of country do we want Australia to be? That’s a worthwhile but broad question, so let’s be more ...

They're supposed to keep a check on schoolyard bullying but many Australian principals are victims of bullying themselves, a survey has found. Nearly half of Australia's school principals have faced threats of violence – and parents are the worst offenders, a ...

Fresh data indicating that 1 in 10 teaching students are failing pre-service literacy and numeracy testing has sparked calls for a tightening of university course entry standards. The new tests, being piloted with the view to national implementation as a ...

  The trend towards homeschooling will continue as long as the formal education system remains inadequate and out of date. By David Roy Homeschooling is on the increase in Australia, and in other developed countries where it is legal. Should ...

There are myriad safety and privacy concerns to consider as the explosion of pictures on social media continues. By Kirra Pendergast More than 10 per cent of all images captured in the two centuries of photographic history were taken in ...

Brisbane teachers who have taken historic industrial action in support of an asylum-seeking high school student are to recognise her achievements with an award. Mojgan Shamsalipoor, 21, has recorded a video message from inside the Darwin detention centre where she ...

Principals at some of the state's public schools are set for a pay rise under a new $20 million investment from the NSW government. Education Minister Adrian Piccoli says the government will increase principals' salaries by up to $26,000 in ...

Student information and communication technology (ICT) literacy levels have shown a marked decline since 2011, a new report from the National Assessment Program has found. The report, issued today by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority, assessed the performance of ...