School-level results for the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), released on Wednesday, show that First Nations, poorer and rural, regional and remote students are still falling behind in learning due to those factors. NSW There were exceptions ...

Cost of living has emerged as the number one national issue for young Australians, eclipsing climate change and mental health, Mission Australia’s latest survey has revealed. Of the more than 17,400 Australians aged 15–19 who responded to the Youth Survey ...

Independent school enrolments have outpaced government and Catholic schools, with fresh data showing more than 60 per cent of new students come from low to middle income households. A report by Independent Schools Australia (ISA) showed the sector has seen its strongest growth in more than ...

The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) chief executive has resigned after a handful of VCE exams contained almost identical questions to sample cover sheets that had hidden questions written on them. Most recently, two sets of exams were compromised ...

Early-bird school leavers favoured health courses for another year as admissions centres have revealed application and field of study data. NSW and ACT university admissions centre (UAC) data shows a health-related degree was the first preference for 26 per cent ...

This year's theme for World Teacher's Day, celebrated on October 25 in Australia, was Valuing teacher voices: towards a new social contract for education. The states and territories across Australia recognised and thanked its teachers in schools, universities, departments and ...

Half of teachers in schools and kindergartens – almost all female – have been victims of routine sexual harassment, mostly by male students, a new study has found. They have also had their images posted on “rate my teacher” pages online, and ...

The exemption to the Anti-Discrimination Act that allows non-government schools to fire or expel gay or transgender teachers and students will be retained in NSW after cabinet considered a watered-down bill on Monday. Over a year ago, Independent Sydney MP ...

Every Queensland child attending a state primary school will have access to a free lunch each day if Labor is re-elected in what Premier Steven Miles is billing as the biggest education reform in nearly 20 years. The major cost-of-living move will save parents ...

The number of Australian students being homeschooled has climbed to a new record of more than 45,000. Numbers exploded over the course of the pandemic and have tipped over the 45,000 mark to 45,858, even with some states still to ...