Guidelines to cover ways to support and protect students. New guidelines are set to address sexual diversity in WA schools, under proposed plans to stamp out homophobic bullying. Guidelines for Supporting Sexual and Gender Diversity in Schools was put ...

Schools introducing contracts to combat abuse from parents. By Antonia Maiolo. Victorian parents will sign behaviour contracts to protect principals and teachers under a new policy aimed at cracking down on unruly mums and dads. The parent-principal agreement, asking parents ...

Many Australian educational institutions are taking up cloud-based services. But everyone still isn’t on board. By Fran Molloy. Cloud storage is much safer than local storage, tech experts argue, so a recent decision by Swedish authorities that banned schools from ...

Students across Australia will compete with classmates to be Principal for a Day. Students around the country will trade their classrooms for the principal’s office as part of Student Principal for a Day. Registrations are now open for the national ...

The education minister’s review plan lacks objectivity and is premature, opponents say. By Antonia Maiolo. Australia’s education system is set for another shake-up following the education minister’s announcement of a review into the national school curriculum. Christopher Pyne revealed that ...

  Experts weigh staff shortages, need to prepare, satisfy students. By Dallas Bastian. Mathematics may be made compulsory for all Year 12 students across New South Wales, should the state government agree with recommendations that will be tabled in Parliament, ...

  Experts disagree on reasons for difference of more than 10% over course of a career. By Antonia Maiolo. Catholic and private school students will probably earn about 11 per cent more than their public school counterparts over the course ...

  Many teachers and schools are integrating new technology into the curriculum but more need to ditch old models and start adapting rapidly. By Annabel Astbury. In November 2011,  an article appeared online explaining that 3D printing would revolutionise education; ...

This summer, the University of New England is throwing open its research laboratories to high school science students who want to get a taste of what life in a science career is like. The three-day ConocoPhillips Science Experience will give ...

A program that prepares outstanding student teachers to work in Queensland’s most disadvantaged schools is going national. Thanks to a $2 million grant from the Origin Foundation, the National Exceptional Teachers for Disadvantaged Schools (NETDS) program will be offered in ...