Education festival EduTECH announced yesterday that it has secured Sal Khan, chief executive officer of Khan Academy, as the keynote speaker at its August congress and expo. "This exclusive appearance marks a significant highlight for EduTECH," said Rita Nehme, the ...

Total school enrolments across Australia have reached a record high as a result of the increased number of full-fee paying overseas students. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), total school enrolments reached a record high of 4,086,998 across 9629 ...

Liverpool West Public School will shut down for weeks after an asbestos contamination was determined to be far more extensive than first anticipated. At least 22 other sites across Sydney have been confirmed as part of a widespread garden mulch contamination, ...

A Sydney primary school will close for two days after asbestos was found in garden mulch, sparking fears from parents and staff. It comes after the discovery of asbestos at a newly-opened park at Rozelle Interchange in Sydney’s inner-west led to an ...

A Broken Hill school will be closed for the whole of term one, and perhaps into term two, following the discovery of large amounts of mould growing in its buildings. More than 600 students at Willyama High School have been split up and ...

Students and parents ­of those who attend Newington College in Sydney rallied outside the prestigious school grounds last Wednesday to protest the school council's decision to go co-ed. The 160-year-old school in Stanmore, that charges annual fees of $42,201 for ...

The federal government committed to increasing its share of public school funding from 20 per cent to 22.5 per cent on Tuesday – a $3bn per year investment and the biggest funding shakeup in more than a decade. To receive ...

A Brisbane high school teacher alleged to have groomed a 15-year-old has been committed to stand trial – but her lawyer says the boy disagrees that he was taken advantage of. Chelsea Jane Edwards, 29, was a sports co-ordinator at Indooroopilly State High School and living on ...

The Australian Federal Police are calling on schools to watch for signs of child exploitation and forced marriage as children head back to school. Police said those who are closest to school-aged children, such as teachers, carers and students, are ...

In the second week of January, 160 year 11 and 12 students gathered to learn about coding, cryptography, cyber security and generative artificial intelligence at ed-tech charity Grok Academy's school holidays computer science camp. Designed to address Australia's tech skills ...