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Disadvantaged students have missed out on learning during the pandemic, with a “digital divide” forcing some to use phones to access their classes, a new survey has revealed. The Smith Family children’s education charity surveyed 134 of its frontline workers ...

The school principal who threatened to shut down his independent Catholic college due to Western Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate has been blasted for the “bizarre” decision. Principal and founder Adam Zydek told staff at Divine Mercy College in Yangebup that ...

Police have arrested a man during a protest against Covid vaccinations outside a high school in Sydney’s west. Officers from Nepean Police Area Command were called to Cranebrook High School about 8.30am on Tuesday after a group of up to 40 adults, students and ...

Two Perth schools have cancelled their co-production of the musical Grease because the movie’s themes and content are outdated. Year 7-10 students from Scotch College and Presbyterian Ladies‘ College were due to perform the iconic musical this month but decided ...

The pandemic and its ensuing lockdowns and social distancing restrictions have forced many schools to adopt remote learning. This created challenges for students, parents, and teachers alike as they grappled with the most effective ways to deliver and attend virtual ...

As COP 26 in the UK concentrates minds around the world on the impending climate crisis, the thoughts of educators turn to developing the climate citizens of tomorrow. Developing a generation of citizens capable of the type of thinking we ...

American teacher Keishia Thorpe was crowned winner of the Global Teacher Prize overnight for her work getting first-generation American kids of immigrant backgrounds into college. The $1 million prize is the largest teaching prize of its kind and is now ...

Public school staff will ban Victorian state Labor MPs from visiting campuses as politicians ramp up their campaigns ahead of next year’s state election. It comes as the Victorian teachers union fights for a larger pay increase, warning the ban ...

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has ruled out allowing HSC students to sit exams mask free, saying he “tried everything” to ditch the rule. Even private school students will be made to cover their mouths and noses – including those getting a $38,000-a-year ...

The University of Queensland has uncovered a near 200-year-old first edition of the first known vampire novel in one of its libraries, which could well have been the travel reading of Charles Sturt as he voyaged to Australia. Vampire stories ...