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During September, many Australian universities start making early offers to Year 12 students for a place next year. This is ahead of the main rounds of offers, due in January. These early entry schemes have been around for many years. ...

The Tasmanian government has inked a deal with the federal government that will see public schools receive a significant funding boost, although the union says there is almost $260m unaccounted for. The Liberals have signed the Better and Fairer Schools ...

According to the latest State of the Nation Report, more than 27 per cent of primary school students and 36 per cent of secondary students reported high levels of anxiety, depression, or both. With October marking World Mental Health Month, ...

A technology company that specialises in software for the logistics industry has begun paying Year 12 school leavers a full-time salary whilst they study to alleviate competition in the tech graduate market. WiseTech Global's Earn and Learn program combines studying ...

Educators in the Northern Territory are set to receive more pay for fewer students as the new Country Liberal Party (CLP) government commits to upholding its predecessor’s pay deal for teachers. Under the pay deal announced by Labor in July, the ...

Parents sometimes ask: what’s the point of drama class? Many want their children to choose elective subjects, especially in Year 12, that parents think will help them get into university and establish a career. This is despite the fact work ...

The recent Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability recommended a phasing out of special schools, but how can atypical students be successfully integrated into mainstream education? Of the 172 recommendations it has primary or shared ...

Online education for K-12 educators has undergone a monumental transformation in the past decade. With the Covid-19 pandemic forcing students and teachers to use virtual meetings and learning platforms, many educators struggled to keep students self-motivated and engaged while others ...

National peak body for nurses, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN), has released a position statement proposing that all school-aged children in Australia have access to a registered nurse that is suitably qualified to provide guidance on maintaining a healthy ...

Sweeping changes to NSW’s high school history course will see Holocaust education made mandatory for the first time, following concerns from Jewish groups that students were graduating with little or no knowledge of the horrors of World War II. Under the new Year ...