Teachers and support staff across Australia continue to rally for state governments to commit to better pay and workload conditions. Industrial action is already underway in select Queensland and NSW schools, with Victorian and South Australian unions threatening to follow ...

An increasing number of public school teachers in NSW are leaving classrooms, with new data show showing resignations in having doubled across the state over the past two years. More than 1854 permanent teachers in NSW quit last year, according ...

The Federal government has appointed an expert panel to help guide reforms tied to school funding and improving learning outcomes for disadvantaged students. On Wednesday, Federal Education Minister Jason Clare announced the panel and said it will focus on "real ...

In his nearly 15 years of experience as a high school principal, Nick* has been "physically threatened", subject to verbal abuse and threats and been targeted online by parents and students. "As principals, we take on everything on top of ...

Schools will have to navigate the recent NAPLAN changes carefully if they want to take advantage of the new testing window and reduce the emphasis they have previously put on the test, an education expert has said. This years NAPLAN ...

Australia's education ministers have announced major changes to standardised NAPLAN tests including changes to the way results are reported to teachers. On Friday, federal education minister Jason Clare and his state and territory counterparts signed off on a new marking ...

More funding towards public schools, in-school tutoring programs and a statewide phone ban has been touted by both major parties in the lead-up to the NSW state election. Less than 60 days before the election, NSW Labor has pledged $400 ...

Fast-tracking teaching degrees would only be a "small step" towards fixing urgent staff shortages in Australian, an education expert has said. Professor Kim Beswick, head of UNSW's education department, said the NSW coalition's recent pledge to cut teaching degrees’ length ...

Northern Territory teachers could receive more than $7m in back payments as part of a new enterprise agreement proposal. If voted on, the new agreement would see educators receive a three per cent back payment for periods after October 2021 ...

Many students, particularly in less advantaged locations, are not being taught by qualified science and mathematics teachers. Addressing this long-standing  issue has been a priority for governments because of declining student performance, poor student engagement and the significance of building ...