HSC students have labelled this years' English Paper 1 ‘fair’ despite some high schoolers turning away from the subject.  On Wednesday, more than 67,000 NSW students started their HSC written exams with English Paper 1, following the practical, performance and ...

Universities in NSW are set to review how early entry offers are being made to students as schools across the state prepare for final HSC exams. According to the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC), more than 41,000 NSW and ACT Year ...

Australian students' academic results have "stagnated" over the past decade despite a billion-dollar injection of additional funding into schools, according to the Productivity Commission. The Commission's latest interim report, published last week, found nearly one in ten Year 9 students ...

A new study has revealed grim new e-cigarette usage among teens, with more than 80 per cent saying it is “easy” to get vapes from illegal sources.  The Generation Vape study, led by Cancer Council NSW has found Australian teenagers ...

A third of NSW students miss school “at a level placing their education at risk” and the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students has continued to increase, a new report found. The report from the NSW Auditor-General’s office said just ...

The NSW Government has announced the introduction of a Chief Behaviour Advisor to help tackle poor student behaviour in classrooms across the state.  In a first cross-sector agreement, the advisor will work with Government, Catholic and Independent schools to help ...

A panel of experts will tackle the teacher shortage crisis at the university level after the Federal Government announced a review into initial teacher education.  In an effort to address the teacher shortage and the plummeting numbers of teaching graduates, ...

The decision to ban a young male student from school because of his haircut has divided a West Australian community, sparking calls for the education system to ditch its “alienating rules”. On Thursday, it came to light that a student at John Paul ...

Improving teachers' workload, student well-being and equity are key elements to boost student outcomes, a government report found, yet unions are urging for the inclusion of school funding in the review. An interim Productivity Commission report on the National School ...

A teacher who was found to have engaged in “grooming-like behaviour” with an ex-student in Perth has now been sacked from his job in Brisbane. Music teacher Aurelio Gallo lost his teaching licence in WA for at least three-and-a-half years last month after he ...