Schools across Australia have installed mini-supermarkets on their grounds in order to help students with disabilities gain life skills.  The project launched in 2017 and has been implemented at 12 schools so far, and is set to expand to 25 ...

A Blue Mountains student was hospitalised after suffering a seizure as a result of vaping in the school toilets, highlighting growing concerns about the habit among young people. Blue Mountains Grammar school administration wrote to parents to warn about the incident and to ...

A Sydney MP claims there has been a “horrifying” cover-up of asbestos in a local high school. Castle Hill MP Ray Williams claims the school community was told Castle Hill High School was all clear despite a 2016 test returning ...

Educational apps used by millions of students during the pandemic harvested personal information and tracked children's locations without consent, a global investigation has found.  Recent analysis from advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) looked at 164 educational applications and websites ...

There are growing concerns among health professionals over the impact rising flu cases are having on Australian kids. The nation is going through a “flurona” after Covid measures and border closures virtually stopped influenza from spreading over the last two ...

Labor is set to form the 31st parliament of Australia after Anthony Albanese emerged victorious over Scott Morrison on Saturday. Speaking to his supporters, Albanese said he wanted to "change the way that politics operates in this country" and asserted ...

Catholic School teachers across NSW and ACT will be on the picket lines this week asking for better working conditions and a 10 to 15 per cent salary reset. The industrial action will take place on May 27 and has ...

More than 90 per cent of teachers across Australia said they do not have enough time to prepare lessons effectively, a Grattan Institute survey has found. Teachers believe they are expected to achieve more in the classroom and are feeling ...

A new ministerial portfolio and public holiday are part of the push from a Victorian parent advocacy group to help the “most locked down children in the world” recover from the impacts of Covid. Shadow Pandemic group conveners Moran Dvir ...

The NSW government has held its first anti-bullying roundtable to improve schools’ response to youth mental health needs and antisocial behaviour. Led by Education Minister Sarah Mitchell, the meeting was the first of an ongoing series that aims to tackle ...