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Minister for Education Dan Tehan has backed down from pointed comments directed at Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews on the issue of in-class learning in Australia’s schools. In a conversation on ABC’s Insiders program, Tehan said about Andrews’ approach to school ...

A renowned infectious diseases expert who previously championed shutting schools says they should open and children should not be feared as super-spreaders of COVID-19. Professor Nigel McMillan, director of the Infectious Diseases and Immunology Program at Griffith University, said he ...

Two million Australian children could be risking their education by having to learn at home during the coronavirus crisis. Research papers commissioned by the federal government back its push to return children to schools as soon as possible. Most states ...

What happens to our education system after COVID-19? Who knows. Teachers, for one, certainly don’t. Perhaps, that’s the problem with our system.  What we do know is that teachers won’t be left to their own devices – even though we are ...

South Australian parents have been encouraged to send their children to school next week with health officials declaring it safe for term two to start. Chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier has written to parents and school staff across the ...

Students aren't as empathetic as they once were and have less ability to focus. Those were some of the findings from the Gonski Institute’s Growing Up Digital report. The group surveyed almost 2000 teachers and school leaders across Australia and ...

The Victorian government has partnered with the ABC to give primary school students access to interactive learning activities at home. The first set of 15 learning activities are screening on ABC ME this school week and have been uploaded to ...

“My job just got a whole lot more complicated.” That was one New South Wales teacher’s reaction to the announcement by premier Gladys Berejiklian that the state’s students will soon return to school for face-to-face teaching in a staggered fashion. ...

As schools around the country begin to face the realities of remote classrooms and online learning, there’s a growing divide between those who are prepared for the use of remote electronic environments and those who are not. As students, teachers ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been saying it from the start of the COVID-19 crisis, and he’s saying it still: Australian students should attend school. That’s an opinion backed by Australia’s chief medical officer, Professor Brendan Murphy. But it’s not ...