Two experts have been hand-picked by the federal government to travel the country for six months to gather stories of bullying in schools, as Labor forges ahead with its plan to create a national bullying policy. Education Minister Jason Clare ...

Researchers from the University of South Australia are reminding communities of some of the benefits of children's access to social media as governments consider raising the legal age of social media access to 16-years-old. The study, which its in its ...

Content warning: This article refers to sexual assault, sexual harassment, sex trafficking and human trafficking. Support resources can be found here. A new piece of research has found Romanian-based self-proclaimed misogynist 'manfluencer' Andrew Tate promoted a culture of domination and ...

An Australia Institute and Rationalist Society of Australia survey found 71 per cent of Australians do not know public school pastoral care workers are hired based on religion instead of qualifications. Two in three of the 1,379 respondents said they ...

Unfortunately, bullying and school-related mental stress in its various forms are considered commonplace in our society. Despite current rhetoric around social media and its links to wellbeing and social exclusion, it is not the root cause for most. Mental stress ...

The Queensland government has paved the way for all public primary and secondary schools to introduce flexible class schedules from next year – including four-day weeks and shorter days. The radical shake-up – effective from the first day of term ...

There has always been respectful debate on whether a child with special needs should attend a mainstream school, a unit within a mainstream school or a school dedicated to special education. We are fortunate in Australia that families have options ...

Climate change education is increasingly seen as an essential part of schooling. The main international test of 15-year-olds’ progress (which Australia participates in) has just announced the next round of testing will include environmental knowledge alongside English, maths and science ...

Secondary schools in Queensland and Victoria will gain free access to a digital program aimed at educating students on the risks of vaping. The QLD government announced last week it will invest $5m to expand access to The Blurred Minds ...

Australian mental health organisation Beyond Blue has rolled out a new campaign to raise awareness of Be You through its ‘Raise your Hand’ campaign to assist teachers and school leaders foster a positive environment and reduce extra work on staff ...