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One of the many strengths of effective school leaders is their ability to calmly navigate uncertain and unstable times. The pandemic is a disruption that has tested us all with different challenges every day. It has forced our education system ...

Western Australia’s education minister has responded to allegations two teenagers charged with trying to kill a teacher allegedly discussed burning down the school weeks earlier. The female teacher at Willetton Senior High School was stabbed with a knife just after 11am on Monday, prompting ...

New research has found that vaping cannabis is on the rise among teens in Canada and the US, and experts believe a similar rise could be on the cards for kids in Australia. Research by the University of Queensland found ...

Rapid antigen tests could soon be rolled out at high schools across NSW in a bid to reduce disruption. A pilot program will begin in Albury next week, with staff and students required to test themselves twice a week with the ...

A teenage boy has been arrested after a teacher was allegedly stabbed at one of Perth’s top public schools on Monday. The alleged incident triggered a lockdown at Willetton Senior High School, in the city’s southern suburbs, before police launched ...

A legal challenge to Victoria’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate has been taken up by more than 100 people, some authorised workers, amid concern the order is forcing businesses to close and people to lose work. The state’s vaccine mandate, believed to ...

“What on earth possessed you to do that?”  Ever said that to a teenager? And if you haven’t, have you thought it? Many of us expect that teenagers will behave ‘logically’ and rationalise things the same way we do.  But, ...

The federal minister for Education, Alan Tudge, has painted Australian education as a system in serious decline in a speech to the conservative think tank, the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS). Tudge tore into the current crop of teachers, telling ...

The past 100 or so days for many educators around Australia have been challenging. Whilst many have enjoyed the benefits of a slower home life and more manageable commute, for others, working away from school, students and colleagues has had ...

Most of the Covid-19 spread in schools and early childcare centres during Australia’s Delta wave was driven by staff, new research reveals. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute experts also said face masks for grade three students and above would help reduce ...