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Standing at the front of a particularly challenging Year 4 classroom last year, I felt the familiar signs of overwhelm creeping in. Student voices escalated, transitions between activities became chaotic, and the post-lunch energy surge was threatening to derail our ...

A coalition of 19 disability organisations has called out the government’s delay on “meaningful action” for inclusive education after an alarming new report found a sharp rise in bullying of disabled students. There has been 18 months since the Disability Royal ...

Starting high school is one of the most significant transitions young people make in their education. Many different changes happen at once – from making new friends to getting used to a new school environment and different behaviour and academic ...

Last year alone, more than 75,000 babies were born in the outer metropolitan growth areas of our capital cities. That’s over 40 per cent of all births in Victoria, 54 per cent in Queensland, 55 per cent in Western Australia, ...

Education Minister Jason Clare's seat of Blaxland is considered safe, but the impacts of western Sydney's "melting pot" population on this election remains to be seen. ABC chief election analyst Antony Green says Blaxland is a very safe Labor seat; ...

A Coalition government has pledged $260m to get more high school students to take up trades instead of pursuing university, after the opposition indicated it would cut the Labor’s fee-free TAFE program if it wins government on May 3. The ...

What was once one of the northern beaches’ most neglected public schools is to get another multimillion-dollar boost: Narrabeen Sports High School will receive a 500-seat performing arts hall. NSW Education Minister Prue Car made the announcement at the school on Friday alongside the independent MP for ...

Every Australian child attending a public school would have access to a free lunch each day under a Greens policy that would cost the budget $11.6bn over three years. Greens leader Adam Bandt will announce the policy in Brisbane on ...

Opposition Leader and prime ministerial candidate Peter Dutton has said education standards have declined not because of funding, but due to indoctrination of students in classrooms. Mr Dutton on Sunday addressed the Liberal Party at its official 2025 campaign launch, ...

An elite Sydney private school is about to unveil a $60 million student centre built in the style of a Scottish baronial castle once described as a “cut price Hogwarts” – but some locals and parents are not happy. The ...