The speed of Australia's vaccination rate is ranked just 90th in the world, as experts warn the coronavirus is mutating faster than the country is administering jabs. University of New South Wales strategic health policy consultant Adjunct Professor Bill Bowtell ...

A five-year project between Monash University and the Paul Ramsay Foundation has recently released its first summary report into how research and evidence is being used in Australian schools, highlighting a gulf between school leaders and teachers. Called the Q ...

A school in the UK is making headlines after it replaced break time games with supervised activities in a bid to address a bullying problem at the school. Instead of playing self-run games and sports at break times, students at ...

A private boys’ school in Perth is cracking down on “excessive” facial hair and “non-conventional” hairstyles, including rat tails, top knots and mohawks, but the premier says he is “pro mullet”. In its latest newsletter to parents, Trinity College said ...

Australians have sounded off on how their view of teachers has changed after the pandemic – and four in 10 say it has improved. The Monash University survey canvassed the views of just over 1000 Australians. It showed that 41.6 ...

A new report by Pivot Professional Learning and supported by the Coalition of Australian Principals found that the pandemic has had a mix of positive and negative effects on the education sector. The report, titled ‘Principal perspectives on the impact ...

Students at dozens of high schools across NSW will have access to free menstrual hygiene products as the state government rolls out a new trial. Dispensers filled with sanitary products including tampons and pads will be installed at 30 schools ...

Outside school hours care (OSHC) provides an invaluable service to parents in the community, allowing more flexibility in being able to juggle their professional and family lives. However, research shows that 31-79 per cent of OSHC sessions are sedentary, giving ...

Private funding initiatives have the potential to create – or further cement – a multi-tiered education system based on parental capacity and inclination to pay.  Senior lecturer at Queensland University of Technology Anna Hogan raised this concern on the back of ...

A new Centre for Independent Studies report based on the Western Australian Government’s Kimberley Schools Project focuses on the challenges educators face in teaching Indigenous students in remote areas, and the strategies teachers and school communities can implement to raise ...