Australia’s teachers are working longer hours with less pay and face high rates of truancy, bullying and intimidation among students, according to a major international report.  The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published its policy outlook on ...

Mobile phones will be banned in New South Wales public high schools from October 2023. On Monday, NSW Premier Chris Minns announced the mobile phone ban would start at the beginning of Term 4 and follows election promises to reduce ...

The Australian Curriculum Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA) has thanked teachers and schools who made the test transition from May to March "as seamless as possible", while teachers and unions have expressed doubts over the benefits of the change. On Tuesday, ...

Schools across Australia have banned students from bringing a super-caffeinated energy drink on school grounds after its rollout in supermarkets sparked hysteria among teens. There have been chaotic scenes at supermarkets nationwide as teenagers flock to get their hands on ...

Under a newly-elected Labor government, NSW public schools should expect more funding, a blanket mobile phone ban and an intensive state-wide tutoring program to address falling academic standards.   Chris Minns was sworn in as the state's 47th Premier this week ...

School cleaners are fearing mass staff departures if the government doesn’t step up to solve an overworking crisis. A rowdy crowd of union members gathered on the steps of NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet’s office in Martin Place to demand the government ...

Changes to the NAPLAN testing window has raised stress for students and left little time for teachers to build relationships within their new classes, according to the Queensland Teachers' Union (QTU). More than 1 million Australian students in Years 3, ...

Education experts have called to push NAPLAN testing towards the end of the year to better assess students' progress and overhaul the writing test to make it more meaningful.  From tomorrow until 27 March, 1.3 million Australian students across 9800 ...

A major inquiry into how many young people have taken up vaping has been launched in Queensland amid concerns that kids have become "so addicted" they can't concentrate. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has sounded the alarm on the number of ...

Regional, rural and remote schools have scored on average lower than their city counterparts in the latest NAPLAN test. A recent News Corp analysis used MySchool data to track the 2022 NAPLAN results nationwide. The results are the first snapshot ...