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Childcare workers across Australia will go on mass strike in September to highlight poor wages and industry conditions. On Wednesday, United Workers’ Union delegates and Early Childhood Education and Care union members unanimously voted to take nationwide action. “Educators are ...

Helping Australian kids get better at maths may be as simple as shifting negative attitudes, according to one prominent education expert. Many students see maths as a subject only certain types of people are good at, which can stop them ...

Test anxiety is a very common experience amongst students. In fact, in studies of university students, researchers have found that between 20 and 40 per cent of students experience test anxiety. But we know it also affects younger students in ...

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds in NSW will gain more access to selective schools as part of a major state government effort to address the education equity gap.  Starting in the 2023 academic year, up to 20 per cent of selective ...

A new study has revealed grim new e-cigarette usage among teens, with more than 80 per cent of teachers reporting at least some of their high-school students vaping. The study, published in the Australian New Zealand Journal of Public Health on Thursday, surveyed almost ...

NSW public schools will receive a boosted supply of rapid antigen tests and enhanced cleaning and ventilation as students and teachers return to classrooms amid the latest wave of Covid-19. The state government said more than 9 million RAT kits ...

Some of the most expensive NSW private schools have been overfunded by the state government to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, leaving public schools ten per cent below their specified funding level, a new report has claimed.   ...

When I signed my first contract with the board of Moreton Bay College at the age of 37, I had no idea how much of my time as a principal would be devoted to my own leadership. I knew that ...

Flash flooding, severe rainfall and long delays at Sydney’s airport have led to a chaotic start to the NSW winter school holidays. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning to the state’s East Coast on Monday, which predicted ...

Teachers feel ‘immense pressure’ juggling the curriculum and wish to run more classes outside in nature, a new study has shown.  Researchers from South Australia interviewed a dozen primary school teachers and principals about their experiences with outdoor learning.  The ...