As Melbourne re-enters lockdown, most students will return to online learning. Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed on Tuesday schools in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, north of the city, will not open their doors for Term 3, which was due to ...

Australian teachers are needing to personally donate sanitary products to students as many young women face period poverty. That’s some of the feedback researchers got from interviews with staff from 12 Queensland schools. Dr Ruth Knight from Queensland University of ...

Scientists from around the world are pushing for recognition that it is possible COVID-19 can spread through airborne transmission. In an open letter, 239 experts from a range of science and engineering fields, including virology, aerosol physics and medicine, appealed ...

Three schools in the Illawarra region of NSW will now have their own academy of STEM excellence under the NSW Department of Education’s STEM Industry School Partnerships (SISP) Program. The Illawarra Academy will be based at three local high schools ...

A school in Perth has allegedly set up a plan to offer students $500 to maintain or improve on good Year 11 marks. The West Australian broke the story after it was sent a reportedly leaked email to staff from ...

A phonics check that can detect dyslexia in Queensland primary school students will be introduced in the second half of next year if the LNP wins the October election. Opposition leader Deb Frecklington said the phonics test would be trialled ...

A new global report by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has concluded that Australian educators require more investment in professional development and training to better equip them to deal with students with a disability and reduce ...

La Trobe University has created two innovative new pathways as an alternative to ATAR to help Year 12 students demonstrate their academic achievements and gain entry to university.  The pathways, which are free and studied online, will be available to ...

New research prompted by the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the serious digital gap faced by many school students from poorer families. Internet connection was vital for students learning from home during COVID-19 restrictions. But new research commissioned by the Australian ...

Cold. Dark. Lurking. Those were some the words children used to describe the coronavirus in Australia’s largest annual story-writing event. This year, Storyathon asked children to write about the topic ‘A different world – living in lockdown’ and 20,000 kids ...