Childcare workers across Australia will go on mass strike in September to highlight poor wages and industry conditions. On Wednesday, United Workers’ Union delegates and Early Childhood Education and Care union members unanimously voted to take nationwide action. “Educators are ...

Helping Australian kids get better at maths may be as simple as shifting negative attitudes, according to one prominent education expert. Many students see maths as a subject only certain types of people are good at, which can stop them ...

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds in NSW will gain more access to selective schools as part of a major state government effort to address the education equity gap.  Starting in the 2023 academic year, up to 20 per cent of selective ...

A new study has revealed grim new e-cigarette usage among teens, with more than 80 per cent of teachers reporting at least some of their high-school students vaping. The study, published in the Australian New Zealand Journal of Public Health on Thursday, surveyed almost ...

NSW public schools will receive a boosted supply of rapid antigen tests and enhanced cleaning and ventilation as students and teachers return to classrooms amid the latest wave of Covid-19. The state government said more than 9 million RAT kits ...

A recent report by Deakin University shows that the use of out-of-field teachers to reduce the current shortages can lower student’s results, sparking concern among students worried about their education and future career outcomes. "When history teachers take over science ...

Teachers should use more simplistic instructions when teaching students with learning and behavioural difficulties, a new study shows. Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology interviewed more than 50 Year 7 to 10 students from three disadvantaged secondary schools to ...

Flash flooding, severe rainfall and long delays at Sydney’s airport have led to a chaotic start to the NSW winter school holidays. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning to the state’s East Coast on Monday, which predicted ...

An upcoming strike planned by NSW public and Catholic school teachers has been labelled “politically motivated” by the state’s education minister. Hundreds of teachers are set to walk off their jobs on Thursday in protest of the government’s revised wages ...

Experts in the early childhood education sector have welcomed the extra year of preschool funding but warned about the need to tackle the workforce crisis in order for the policy to work. In a joint statement earlier this month, the ...