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Australia's federal and state education ministers, along with union leaders, principals and teachers, are due to meet today in Canberra to brainstorm ways to tackle nationwide teacher shortages. The roundtable marks the first time the nation's education leaders have met ...

A female South Australian relief teacher accused of grooming a teenage boy has had the case against her dropped. Ammy Singleton, 28, was charged with communicating to make a child amenable to sexual activity in Port Augusta last year. But ...

Teachers in NSW would earn up to $130,000 per year as part of a state government plan to attract more graduates into classrooms.  Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said “outstanding teachers” would be considered for higher paying roles, as part of ...

A parliamentary hearing into a shortage of teachers in NSW went off the rails on Thursday after a government MP accused a union boss of using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to push for higher wages. The state parliament’s ...

NSW high school students sitting their HSC trial exams have been urged to plan ahead after major train services were suspended across the state.  Hundreds of students sitting biology, engineering studies and extension english trial exams may have been impacted ...

University-educated workers could be offered pay rises of up to 40 per cent to teach in schools as part of plans led by the federal government to attract more people into education. This week, the Australian Institute for Teaching and ...

Hilary Purdie first realised something wasn’t right when she couldn’t remember the names of her students.  It was the Hobart-based school principal’s first day back at work after being struck down with Covid-19, and she felt absolutely exhausted. “It's only ...

Stunned parents, children and staff only learnt their beloved private school in Victoria’s north was closing after arriving at the campus on Thursday morning. Families were notified via email late on Wednesday night that Colmont School in Kilmore had been ...

Remember when former Morrison government minister Stuart Robert lashed out at “dud” teachers? In March, the then acting education minister said the “bottom 10%” of teachers “can’t read and write” and blamed them for declining academic results. This is more than just ...

An educator with a passion for getting children emotionally invested in saving the ice caps gave a lesson to students as a polar bear hovered over his shoulder. Gavin McCormack is trying to bring the “amazing natural phenomena” to the ...