A Sydney school has been offered antibiotics as a preventive measure following an outbreak of meningococcal disease late last month. NSW Health issued a public health alert about two weeks ago after two cases of meningococcal were recorded in Sydney’s northern beaches ...

Job security remains a key issue for NSW public school teachers, with a reported one in five educators currently in a temporary or contract position. Temporary positions were created by NSW's education department in 2001, and, while the casual workforce ...

A new ranking of Australians’ perceptions of the professions has seen 74 per cent of respondents rate school teachers as ‘high’ or ‘very high’ for their ethics and honesty. The result, published in the latest Roy Morgan Image of Professions ...

Health authorities have revealed three Melbourne schools are on high virus alert as the state’s Covid-19 outbreak worsens. Department of Health testing commander Jeroen Weimar said health authorities were working with three schools: Willmott Park Primary School, Mercy College and Methodist Ladies’ ...

Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ) has welcomed a new bill that will enable teachers to work across borders “more freely”, avoiding much of the red tape involved in transferring registration.  The new bill, recently passed by federal parliament, has been lauded ...

A fiery debate has erupted on the Today show about whether children should be able to take religious weapons to school following a teenager who was allegedly stabbed with a Sikh knife in Sydney. It comes as the NSW Department ...

Sky News presenter and former teacher Alan Jones has launched a scathing attack on the National Assessment Plan for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), which commenced this week. Approximately one million students across the country are participating in the test, which ...

Following the release of the Climate Council report, climate activist group School Strike 4 Climate (SS4C) is deeply concerned about the student health effects of gas heating in schools and the effect of gas use and production on the planet.  ...

A Melbourne primary school has been closed for the day after a suspicious fire destroyed a factory and sent toxic smoking spewing across three suburbs. Students and staff at South Melbourne Primary School have been advised not to attend on Thursday as the large ...

Critics have been quick to voice concerns over the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) releasing its proposed changes to the national curriculum last Thursday.  Among the hundreds of pages of suggestions and recommendations released, education minister Alan Tudge ...