Queensland is set to bring itself into line with other states in mandating vaccines for its 100,000-plus education workforce, with new rules expected to go live before the start of the 2022 school year. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Tuesday also flagged mandatory ...

The school principal who threatened to shut down an independent Catholic college due to Western Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate now says he will pay unvaccinated teachers to stay home. It was revealed recently that Adam Zydek, the principal and founder ...

NSW public school teachers have decided to go on strike next week to protest low pay and unmanageable workloads. The 24-hour strike will happen on Tuesday, December 7. “We anticipate significant, significant participation in this day of action,” NSW Teachers ...

The Morrison government has pledged to protect gay students and staff from prejudice as part of a proposed religious discrimination law. The Coalition party room unanimously endorsed the bill on Tuesday, but a number of Liberal MPs voiced concerns about ...

Disadvantaged students have missed out on learning during the pandemic, with a “digital divide” forcing some to use phones to access their classes, a new survey has revealed. The Smith Family children’s education charity surveyed 134 of its frontline workers ...

The school principal who threatened to shut down his independent Catholic college due to Western Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate has been blasted for the “bizarre” decision. Principal and founder Adam Zydek told staff at Divine Mercy College in Yangebup that ...

Police have arrested a man during a protest against Covid vaccinations outside a high school in Sydney’s west. Officers from Nepean Police Area Command were called to Cranebrook High School about 8.30am on Tuesday after a group of up to 40 adults, students and ...

American teacher Keishia Thorpe was crowned winner of the Global Teacher Prize overnight for her work getting first-generation American kids of immigrant backgrounds into college. The $1 million prize is the largest teaching prize of its kind and is now ...

Public school staff will ban Victorian state Labor MPs from visiting campuses as politicians ramp up their campaigns ahead of next year’s state election. It comes as the Victorian teachers union fights for a larger pay increase, warning the ban ...

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has ruled out allowing HSC students to sit exams mask free, saying he “tried everything” to ditch the rule. Even private school students will be made to cover their mouths and noses – including those getting a $38,000-a-year ...