Australian school children consider climate change to be the biggest threat to their future safety and have little faith in the country’s leaders, according to a recent UNICEF report. The A Climate for Change: 2019 Young Ambassador Report also found ...

More Florida teachers will be eligible to carry guns in the classroom under a bill signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that immediately implements recommendations from a commission formed after the Parkland High School mass shooting. DeSantis signed the bill ...

Victorian public school students battling mental health issues will soon have access to on-campus, professional support. From mid-July, the first schools will get access to mental health professionals such as psychologists, mental health nurses and social workers under a $51.2 ...

The Eddie Woo phenomenon demonstrated what’s possible in the classroom when teachers are passionate about what they teach and use technology to engage students. The Cherrybrook Technology High School teacher earned worldwide attention when he created his highly engaging YouTube ...

Brazil’s public-school system is undergoing a revolutionary change spearheaded by new President Jair Bolsonaro, the former army captain dubbed “the Trump of the Tropics”. Students at Ceilandria State School No.7 returned to school this year to find two dozen armed ...

A Year 6 student has delivered a rousing speech to Reconciliation Australia staff about the violence faced by First Nations people. Trinity Grammar School student Daniel Lok wrote the speech as part of his school’s public speaking competition after reading ...

Up to 4000 Australian schools will get cheap loans to put solar panels on their roofs to save on their power bills under a Labor government. The $1 billion pledge will also help schools install batteries to become “virtual power ...

Teachers are considering leaving the profession over the bullying they cop, so experts have floated a possible partial solution to the problem: a mandatory code of conduct for parents and students. Their study found a vast majority (80 per cent) of teachers ...

More than two thirds of parents feel financial pressure when paying schools fees. Overall, 68 per cent of parents feel either a little or a lot of financial pressure to pay for school fees. This figure rose to 80 per ...

While there is a generally accurate perception that tertiary qualifications will earn you a higher income in the long run when compared with higher-level vocational training, the reverse is true when it comes to careers in STEM, according to new research. ...