Almost 50 per cent of Tasmania’s population is functionally illiterate, a parliamentary committee heard on Tuesday. Tasmanians are believed to be disproportionately affected by illiteracy due to intergenerational and regional disadvantage, as well as lower education attainment among young Tasmanians. ...

People living in Greater Sydney will be in lockdown until at least July 30 as the NSW government battles to contain the city’s outbreak of Covid-19. As 97 new cases of community transmission were announced on Wednesday, NSW Premier Gladys ...

More than 10,000 teachers in COVID-19 plagued south-west Sydney are set to be prioritised in the state's vaccine rollout, the state government announced on Monday. With the number of COVID cases soaring across Sydney 112 people tested positive up until ...

Edwina West from Oakhill College in Sydney has been awarded the prestigious Reading Australia Fellowship Award for 2021 for the project Combating Aliteracy with Australian Literature. The award, which is supported by Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, was announced during this ...

The heartbreaking toll a Sydney school teacher wrought on a teenage student when she sexually assaulted him has been revealed with a court hearing “he struggles to smile about anything anymore”. Monica Elizabeth Young was handcuffed and taken away by ...

New research has refuted the common stereotype that schoolboys prefer reading non-fiction, magazines and comics instead of fiction in a finding that is being touted as “significant” and “unexpected”.  The study, which included 300 students aged from seven to eight ...

New South Wales Health Minister Brad Hazzard has slammed suggestions the government should be embarrassed students at a prestigious Sydney school were accidentally vaccinated. It was revealed on Tuesday that year 12 students at St Joseph’s College in Hunters Hill ...

A former Sydney high school teacher who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy has broken down in court while detailing her remorse over the “severe, lifelong” impacts of her actions. Monica Elizabeth Young, 24, pleaded guilty in April to three ...

Young people’s views on sexual consent education in schools were recently revealed in a report released by NSW Advocate for Children and Young People (ACYP) Zoe Robinson. The report was based on an online survey that polled 500 young people ...

Melbournians are being encouraged to join the city’s Adult Migrant English Program Volunteer Tutoring Scheme, after government reforms and the COVID-19 pandemic has seen an uptick in demand for the services from new migrants and refugees.  Funded by the Commonwealth ...