Free sanitary items will be made accessible to students across schools in Queensland yet six out of ten students do not feel comfortable talking to their teachers about their periods.  State schools in Queensland will soon provide free sanitary products ...

Digital skills are more important than ever for students, yet teachers are not confident they’ll be able to teach the skills students require.  With the release of the new curriculum which puts a strong emphasis on technology, and NAPLAN going ...

Schools across Australia have installed mini-supermarkets on their grounds in order to help students with disabilities gain life skills.  The project launched in 2017 and has been implemented at 12 schools so far, and is set to expand to 25 ...

The number of teenagers using e-cigarettes has doubled in just a year, an ‘unsurprisingly’ rapid growth the NSW Secondary School Principals’ Council said. Recent data from the NSW Population Health Survey found that 11.1% of 16 to 24-year-olds are regular ...

While the revised national curriculum allows Australian students to learn more about climate change, education experts say teachers need more support to deliver it effectively. According to Kim Beasy, a curriculum and pedagogy lecturer at the University of Tasmania, the ...

Isolation – it’s a word we’ve all become too familiar with since 2020. For many of us, it was a feeling that we had never experienced before, but there is a vital part of our community that experiences it on ...

The rise of social media has prompted calls for students to learn how to communicate using digital media like TikTok videos, YouTube, blog posts, Instagram, memes and podcasts. According to senior lecturer in Pedagogy and Curriculum at Deakin University Lucinda ...

The school assessment system focuses on only in one language, English. Yet, more than one in five Australians speak another language at home, and over 300 distinct languages are used in the country. According to Curtin University lecturer Carly Steele, ...

More than 90 per cent of teachers across Australia said they do not have enough time to prepare lessons effectively, a Grattan Institute survey has found. Teachers believe they are expected to achieve more in the classroom and are feeling ...

Students are often subject to stress that can prevent them from staying focused in class while impacting their learning. However, by spending time in nature, students can restore their mind, increase their mood, boost their social skills and improve their ...