A teenager from regional NSW who was bullied with homophobic taunts has been found not guilty of conspiring to murder his schoolmates after a judge found his disturbing diary entries were merely a window into his torment. The teenager, who ...

New research has detailed the health and safety impacts of period poverty on Australian high school students, with more than 60 per cent of teenagers reporting a lack of access to sanitary products. A joint report from the Queensland University ...

Children who learn more new words before entering preschool are more likely to positively engage with others during their early education, new research has shown.  Using data from 895 four-year-olds, Ohio State University researchers examined kid’s vocabulary skills at the ...

Teachers are demoralised because of the hours of “pointless busy work” they‘re expected to perform each week, an inquiry has heard. A team of academics, which has looked into the problem of teacher shortages in Australia, presented their research findings ...

Some NSW schools have been operating outside of the standard 9am to 3pm for the past two weeks as part of a government trial to better support working families, and it has proven to be successful so far. Launched in ...

Australia’s education ministers will draft a national plan by December to address chronic teacher shortages and rife dissatisfaction plaguing the teaching profession.  A roundtable meeting held last Friday saw key stakeholders, including unions, academics and principals, meet with the nation’s ...

Australia's federal and state education ministers, along with union leaders, principals and teachers, are due to meet today in Canberra to brainstorm ways to tackle nationwide teacher shortages. The roundtable marks the first time the nation's education leaders have met ...

A female South Australian relief teacher accused of grooming a teenage boy has had the case against her dropped. Ammy Singleton, 28, was charged with communicating to make a child amenable to sexual activity in Port Augusta last year. But ...

Teachers in NSW would earn up to $130,000 per year as part of a state government plan to attract more graduates into classrooms.  Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said “outstanding teachers” would be considered for higher paying roles, as part of ...

A parliamentary hearing into a shortage of teachers in NSW went off the rails on Thursday after a government MP accused a union boss of using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to push for higher wages. The state parliament’s ...