Victorian students will be encouraged to learn from home when Term 2 starts next week. In a statement, Premier Daniel Andrews gave a clear message to students and parents at government schools: all children who can learn at home must ...

Twelve of Australia’s most outstanding teachers in early childhood, primary and secondary schools have been acknowledged in the National Excellence in Teaching Awards (NEiTA). This year grandparents, parents, school boards, secondary student councils, parent associations and other groups across Australia ...

Education ministers are looking at every trick in the book to ensure year 12 students finish school this year despite the mayhem caused by the coronavirus. Concerns have been raised about how the disruption caused by COVID-19 could damage year ...

Last week, the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) announced that the 2020 HSC would go ahead despite disruptions caused by COVID-19, and today it has revealed some changes to student requirements. The group already announced that principals have the power ...

Australia's Year 12 students face an uncertain future with national educators unable to agree on the make-up of end of year exams amid the COVID-19 crisis. The National Education Council involving education ministers for all states and territories said the ...

Pressure is mounting to cease normal school operations in NSW after the Australian Education Union (AEU) met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday, a day after the union met with Education Minister Dan Tehan. The AEU is yet to respond ...

Tasmania's school term will end four days early so teachers can prepare online education resources amid the coronavirus pandemic. Premier Peter Gutwein reiterated on Wednesday that public schools will stay open, but April 6-9 would be made student-free days. He ...

Teachers need to be involved in classroom design to improve student learning outcomes, researchers say. Monash University researchers looked at more than 8000 peer-reviewed research articles and found school leaders were alienated from the classroom design process and teachers weren’t ...

Childcare centres will be encouraged to remain open and families given greater support under a plan to go to federal parliament. Education Minister Dan Tehan said the current medical advice is for the childcare sector to remain open except where ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s statement on Sunday night regarding school closures has caused major confusion among principals, teachers, education support staff and parents, according to Australian Education Union (AEU) federal president Correna Haythorpe and the NSW Teachers Federation. She has urged ...