Starting high school is a significant milestone. For Year 7 students, the unfamiliar environment, new peers, older students, complex timetables, and multiple teachers can make the first days of high school feel overwhelming. Research by the NSW Centre for Education ...
More »Govt reforms ITE as only 51% teaching students finish degree
New Department of Education figures show teaching students are dropping out of university at an increasing rate as the minister moves to improve initial teacher education (ITE) through university curriculums and guidelines. A report that analysed the department's most recent ...
More »Indigenous boarding schools boosted with new funding
First Nations students studying at boarding schools will once more be able to access schooling and boarding funds that were discontinued in this year's budget. The Indigenous Boarding Providers Grants Program was initiated in 2023 with $21.6m, an amount that was ...
More »New research: See what books students are reading
A survey of 62,000 students from 440 schools across Australia has revealed the most popular books for each student by age group. Reading program provider Renaissance has tracked which books students pick in its 'accelerated reader' program, where students read books then ...
More »All school students can train for eSafety “pen license”
All primary schools across Australia will now have access to an eSmart online safety course, which has been likened to a “pen licence for the online world”. The Digital License will be expanded to students from Kindergarten to Year 4 (ages four ...
More »How the states celebrated World Teacher’s Day
This year's theme for World Teacher's Day, celebrated on October 25 in Australia, was Valuing teacher voices: towards a new social contract for education. The states and territories across Australia recognised and thanked its teachers in schools, universities, departments and ...
More »Survey finds half of female teachers have been sexually harassed in schools
Half of teachers in schools and kindergartens – almost all female – have been victims of routine sexual harassment, mostly by male students, a new study has found. They have also had their images posted on “rate my teacher” pages online, and ...
More »NSW teachers get 10% pay rise, extra pupil-free days, $1000 one-off payment
Graduate teachers in NSW will earn $102,335 next year after the union negotiated a new wage rise of 10 per cent over three years during stopped class time on Monday. It will make NSW the first state with graduate teachers earning a six ...
More »Three programs help address gender-based violence, new respectful relations curriculum for Vic
Three projects that teach school-aged boys about healthy masculinity and positive relationships will share $3.5m in federal funding to deliver programs in schools in an effort to quash harmful attitudes developing towards gender at an early age. A ministerial statement ...
More »Major parties, Greens clash over private school funding
The Coalition has accused Labor of demonstrating “hostility towards non-government schools” alongside the Greens’ “vilification” of the sector that has sparked concerns from peak bodies. Opposition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson on Tuesday called on the government to offer the same ...
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