Geelong public schools will undergo more than $10m worth of upgrades next year, including a new wellbeing centre and additional unisex toilets – but parents from a local state school are accusing the government of neglecting the region’s most urgent ...

The recent discourse around banning social media platforms – particularly those that allegedly pose risks to privacy, national security and mental health – has escalated to a fever pitch. The Albanese government last Thursday introduced world-first legislation to enforce a ...

The ACT is the most recent state to sign onto Jason Clare's Better and Fairer Schools Agreement, which will offer even more money to the territory's already fully-funded schools. It will become the first jurisdiction in Australia to achieve 102.5 ...

A policy allowing Queensland schools to introduce four-day weeks could be scrapped, with the newly minted Education Minister saying the government had its own plans to address the teacher shortage. From this year, schools were given the option of moving to shorter weeks and ...

Anthony Albanese has won the support of all states and territories to ban social media for children under the age of 16 – with a bill outlining the “world-first” move to be introduced in just one weeks’ time. The Prime Minister said all ...

The Albanese government is giving $70.9 million to education providers to fast-track 1500 new teachers into schools across Australia. The government statement said it is "tripling the number of teachers entering the High Achieving Teachers (HAT) program, which provides financial ...

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 ...

The Australian Education Union has blocked the implementation of Clare's reforms as the funding legislation was introduced to Parliament on Thursday.

The top Sydney private boys’ school is investing in a new pool after the NSW government changed the way independent schools can spend public infrastructure funds.

State school parents will be ­unable to use the $400 School Saving Bonus on generic uniforms or stationery items from shops such as Big W or Kmart. They can spend the one-off voucher only at authorised suppliers, which charge up to ...