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A bus full of schoolchildren has been hijacked and set on fire by its own driver in an apparent protest against migrant drownings in the Mediterranean. All 51 children managed to escape unhurt before the bus was engulfed in flames ...

Is a robot coming for your job? That’s the question a new tool asks. It calculates a person’s exposure to automation and other sources of change in a job and predicts future developments. “Experts predict 50 per cent of all ...

Do students who live near factory pollution have more trouble learning than those in cleaner neighbourhoods? Will they be less likely to attend class if they have to pass through a rough area on their way there? These are some of ...

Lunchboxes have recently been unpacked. Last month, the ABC published an investigation of their contents in wealthier and poorer Melbourne suburbs. While, by comparing Oreos packed in Broadmeadows to carrot sticks lovingly placed in Brighton, it invited food-shaming, a new Monash ...

Few education students expect to have a job immediately after graduating and they’re less likely than those from other disciplines to feel that their course provided them with the skills they need. That’s according to a student survey conducted by ...

Principals are working long hours, increasingly at risk of violence and being buried under excessive admin. That’s according to the latest Australian Principal Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing survey, which highlighted the stressors taking a toll on principals’ wellbeing. The ...

Should you tap your way to feeling less stressed? Or is plain old ‘switching off’ the better option? That’s what Bond University researchers hope to confirm as part of a new study into psychological interventions for stress. Research lead Associate ...

How many of you still remember that teacher of your college days who had more to offer than just nondescript, soporific lectures – that teacher who held your attention throughout class with humour and levity? I’m sure many of you ...

All in all, Australians are pretty happy with the state of classroom education. Despite a hefty amount of negative media attention, a new nation-wide survey of 2052 adults has revealed that Australians are largely positive about the level of education ...

A national academy to provide specialist leadership training for school principals will be set up if Labor wins the next federal election. A recent review found high performing school leaders add between two and seven months’ worth of growth in ...