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A principal in Victoria endorsed the appointment of one on of their children without initially declaring a conflict of interest. Another oversaw the hiring of their partner for almost $80,000 of maintenance work without advertising the position. These were some ...

“Do you know what it's like when a younger man shows up wearing the same cufflinks? You might as well be invisible.” So complains daddy bear TGS magnate Jack Donaghy in the iconic satirical sitcom 30 Rock. The joke here, ...

The vast majority of teachers are worried about the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on student mental health and want to know how they can help. Macquarie University researchers surveyed 350 students, parents, carers, teachers, schools and health professionals ...

NSW students will return to school full-time by the end of the month. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the education system and community were ready for a complete return to face-to-face teaching and confirmed a May 25 return date. “Since starting ...

One week after a third of French schoolchildren returned to classrooms there has been a flare-up of about 70 COVID-19 cases linked to schools, the government says. Some lower grades in schools were opened last week and a further 150,000 ...

Days after New South Wales students began a staged return to face-to-face classes, a school in the state was closed over a COVID-19 case. NSW Health said a staff member at Werrington Public School tested positive for the virus and ...

More than 750 private schools have sought fast-tracked payments under a federal government scheme to encourage them to open following the coronavirus-driven closure. Under the deal, private schools with a plan to fully reopen classrooms at the start of June ...

A Queensland education department executive has been stood aside just days after the state’s deputy premier stepped down over a probe into the appointment of a Brisbane principal. Annastacia Palaszczuk on Saturday announced that Jackie Trad decided to stand down ...

A West Australian principal is back at work today after being stood down over a letter to parents asking them to keep their children at home. The letter Bronwyn White, who leads Halls Head College, sent late last month contradicted ...

A teacher whose Melbourne school was shut down after he tested positive for COVID-19 says he was rejected for testing three times. Keith Campbell believes he had the virus back in March, but attempts to get tested were repeatedly denied ...