The vast majority of teachers are worried about the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on student mental health and want to know how they can help. Macquarie University researchers surveyed 350 students, parents, carers, teachers, schools and health professionals ...

NSW students will return to school full-time by the end of the month. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the education system and community were ready for a complete return to face-to-face teaching and confirmed a May 25 return date. “Since starting ...

One week after a third of French schoolchildren returned to classrooms there has been a flare-up of about 70 COVID-19 cases linked to schools, the government says. Some lower grades in schools were opened last week and a further 150,000 ...

The Australian Education Union (AEU) has attacked the Morrison government for failing to improve hygiene measures in public schools across the country, as public schools in New South Wales and other jurisdictions are set to reopen. Last week the government pledged ...

Days after New South Wales students began a staged return to face-to-face classes, a school in the state was closed over a COVID-19 case. NSW Health said a staff member at Werrington Public School tested positive for the virus and ...

More than 750 private schools have sought fast-tracked payments under a federal government scheme to encourage them to open following the coronavirus-driven closure. Under the deal, private schools with a plan to fully reopen classrooms at the start of June ...

The cancellation of the upcoming National Assessment Plan for Literacy and Numeracy test (the first time this has happened since its inception over a decade ago), has provided education experts with the opportunity to get together to answer some big ...

A Queensland education department executive has been stood aside just days after the state’s deputy premier stepped down over a probe into the appointment of a Brisbane principal. Annastacia Palaszczuk on Saturday announced that Jackie Trad decided to stand down ...

The Australian Mathematical Science Institute’s (AMSI) latest report argues that gender inequity and imbalance will jeopardise the nation’s intellectual capability, compromising both post-coronavirus recovery and future responses to pandemics. The report coincides with the 2020 International Women in Mathematics Day, ...

For years now STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines have been hailed as the key to making Australia an innovation nation. But, as a recent report by the University of Sydney and Monash University shows, issues of educational expertise ...