A new study using data from 223 student surveys across 24 Australian schools has found that school interventions did not help to resolve severe cases of bullying and group bullying. UniSA’s Professor Ken Rigby found that school interventions “reduced or ...

A principal in Victoria endorsed the appointment of one on of their children without initially declaring a conflict of interest. Another oversaw the hiring of their partner for almost $80,000 of maintenance work without advertising the position. These were some ...

“Do you know what it's like when a younger man shows up wearing the same cufflinks? You might as well be invisible.” So complains daddy bear TGS magnate Jack Donaghy in the iconic satirical sitcom 30 Rock. The joke here, ...

The vast majority of teachers are worried about the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on student mental health and want to know how they can help. Macquarie University researchers surveyed 350 students, parents, carers, teachers, schools and health professionals ...

NSW students will return to school full-time by the end of the month. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the education system and community were ready for a complete return to face-to-face teaching and confirmed a May 25 return date. “Since starting ...

One week after a third of French schoolchildren returned to classrooms there has been a flare-up of about 70 COVID-19 cases linked to schools, the government says. Some lower grades in schools were opened last week and a further 150,000 ...

The Australian Education Union (AEU) has attacked the Morrison government for failing to improve hygiene measures in public schools across the country, as public schools in New South Wales and other jurisdictions are set to reopen. Last week the government pledged ...

Days after New South Wales students began a staged return to face-to-face classes, a school in the state was closed over a COVID-19 case. NSW Health said a staff member at Werrington Public School tested positive for the virus and ...

More than 750 private schools have sought fast-tracked payments under a federal government scheme to encourage them to open following the coronavirus-driven closure. Under the deal, private schools with a plan to fully reopen classrooms at the start of June ...

The cancellation of the upcoming National Assessment Plan for Literacy and Numeracy test (the first time this has happened since its inception over a decade ago), has provided education experts with the opportunity to get together to answer some big ...