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Victorian Education Minister James Merlino says "a number of courses of action" have been taken to address systemic racism in the largest regional school merger in the state. A damning report commissioned by the Victorian Department of Education found the Greater ...

The former headmaster of one of Melbourne’s most prestigious private schools has pleaded guilty to fraud after it was discovered he didn’t have any teaching qualifications. Former Caulfield Grammar School headmaster Neil Lennie entered the pleas in the County Court of Victoria ...

Teenagers are dominating presentations to hospital for sunburn, sparking the Cancer Council’s SunSmart team to call for better education in high schools. New data shows presentations to Victorian hospital emergency departments for sunburn last summer were highest among teenagers. The ...

A South Australian school is doubling down on efforts to reduce stress and anxiety among students. Working with Concordia College, Flinders University researchers last year pinpointed three wellbeing priorities for the whole school – psychological skills, body image education, and ...

A Sydney private school prefect has urged his fellow students to change their attitudes towards women after a petition among female students revealed horrific allegations of sexual abuse. Year 12 Cranbrook student Asher Learmonth spoke before his fellow senior school ...

Appropriately and logically, according to Coyle, Gallimore and Tharp began to question the education-based pedagogical resources, research and methodology they had been applying. In their attempt to try to discover what the problem was, they decided that “they would perform ...

Australian states and territories are moving to ban school banking programs – but are young kids more aware of marketing tactics than we might think? Recently, the ACT Legislative Assembly passed a motion to ban banking programs from schools, while ...

It's possible to chat to someone and even do maths while you’re asleep, scientists say. A new study of 36 people experiencing rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which produces vivid dreams, has shown they can still respond to questions and ...

The president and several other members of a California school board have resigned over comments made about parents on a Zoom call. School superintendent Greg Hetrick confirmed with Fox News that president Lisa Brizendine and three other members of the ...

Landmark reforms to Australia’s early childhood system would provide a significant boost the economy as it recovers from COVID-19, Jay Weatherill says. The former South Australian premier and Nicola Forrest, co-founder of Minderoo Foundation, are urging governments to make childcare ...