Queensland teachers will have the right to ignore phone calls and emails from work after school hours as part of a new enterprise agreement put forward by the state's teachers union.  A proposed "digital detox" clause from the Queensland Teachers' ...

NSW teachers’ workload could be reduced with the introduction of “machine scoring”, where robots would take over students' assignment marking, new research shows.  These new ‘automated grading technologies’ could be rolled out in NSW public schools in the next ten ...

Five girls aged 14 to 16 years old, from an elite private school have been arrested and detained for hours in Singapore after they allegedly shoplifted from multiple stores while on a school trip. Year 10 students from elite Victorian school Bacchus Marsh Grammar travelled ...

Australia’s teachers need to do more to protect their LGBTIQA+ students from bullying and harassment, new research says. Researchers from the University of South Australia asked over 400 teachers about how they chose to intervene in bullying incidents against sexually ...

South Australian parents keeping away their kids from school could face prosecution, as the state Education Department hires additional truancy officers to improve attendance. Education minister Blair Boyer said parents of seven children could face prosecution as their cases are ...

Teachers in New South Wales have been offered a six per cent pay rise over the next two years.  On Friday, the Industrial Relations Committee announced it will award an additional 0.25 per cent on top of the existing 2.5 ...

Two-thirds of NSW public school teachers say they feel burnt out, a new state government-commissioned survey has found. The 2022 People Matter Employee Survey, released yesterday, revealed only 32 per cent of NSW public school teachers report being able to ...

A new NSW Government program aiming to tackle the teacher shortages will assist school support staff to become teachers in regional, rural and high demand metropolitan schools. Announced on Tuesday, the Grow Your Own Teacher Training program will support 100 ...

The Victorian opposition pledge to provide free lunches to state school students has been welcomed by a nutritional expert. Last week, the Victorian Liberals announced a $300 million pilot program to take pressure off parents through the increasing cost of ...

With more than 140 flood warnings in place across New South Wales and Victoria, an expert has urged teachers and schools to turn to trauma responsive education to better help students respond to the stresses associated with natural disasters.  Deakin ...