An upcoming strike planned by NSW public and Catholic school teachers has been labelled “politically motivated” by the state’s education minister. Hundreds of teachers are set to walk off their jobs on Thursday in protest of the government’s revised wages ...
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Extra year of school not a ‘transformative policy’ but just the start
Experts in the early childhood education sector have welcomed the extra year of preschool funding but warned about the need to tackle the workforce crisis in order for the policy to work. In a joint statement earlier this month, the ...
More »Unvaccinated teachers could return to work in NSW
Unvaccinated teachers and other education staff in all east coast states could soon return to work under new mandates proposed last Friday. Victoria and Queensland have both already dropped their requirements for teacher vaccinations to take effect from next week. NSW ...
More »Reports of image-based abuse more than double in young Australians
Australia’s independent online safety regulator received more than 1000 reports of image-based abuse in the first quarter of 2022, compared to just over 600 last year, new figures have revealed. More than 60 per cent of the reports (667) were ...
More »‘Breaking point’: teachers to strike next week, unions face $55k fine
NSW public and Catholic school teachers will go on 24-hour-strike next week over "crippling" workloads and ongoing wage disputes. The NSW Teachers' Federation (NSWTF) and the NSW branch of the Independent Education Union of Australia (IEUA) announced teachers will walk ...
More »NSW and Vic announce ‘game changer’ childcare reforms
NSW and Victoria will transform their early education sectors as part of two billion dollar reform packages set to introduce an extra year of kindergarten. By 2030, children in NSW will attend five days of pre-kindergarten before they start primary ...
More »NSW government sues union over teachers strikes
The NSW education department has launched legal proceedings against the state's largest education union over a series of teachers' strikes held in May. According to supreme court documents obtained by the Daily Telegraph, the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) breached orders ...
More »Persistent gender gap in HSC, first-year university results
Young men are less likely to attain an ATAR and are performing lower in their university courses than women, University Admissions Centre (UAC) data has shown. In 2020, boys were "significantly underrepresented" in the 38-98.7 ATAR range, despite accounting for ...
More »Schools could take ‘troll’ parents to court
Victorian schools will have the authority to ban parents who engage in threatening behaviour online or in person, with a possible penalty of up to $10,000 for those who don’t comply. The Victorian Government announced the extended powers last month ...
More »Elite school ventures to move all classes online
One of Melbourne’s most prestigious colleges is seeking to become the state’s first private online school under an ambitious new venture called Haileybury Pangea. Elite private school Haileybury, which already has four campuses across Melbourne and a site in Darwin, ...
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