A parliamentary hearing into a shortage of teachers in NSW went off the rails on Thursday after a government MP accused a union boss of using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to push for higher wages. The state parliament’s ...

NSW high school students sitting their HSC trial exams have been urged to plan ahead after major train services were suspended across the state.  Hundreds of students sitting biology, engineering studies and extension english trial exams may have been impacted ...

University-educated workers could be offered pay rises of up to 40 per cent to teach in schools as part of plans led by the federal government to attract more people into education. This week, the Australian Institute for Teaching and ...

Hilary Purdie first realised something wasn’t right when she couldn’t remember the names of her students.  It was the Hobart-based school principal’s first day back at work after being struck down with Covid-19, and she felt absolutely exhausted. “It's only ...

Stunned parents, children and staff only learnt their beloved private school in Victoria’s north was closing after arriving at the campus on Thursday morning. Families were notified via email late on Wednesday night that Colmont School in Kilmore had been ...

An educator with a passion for getting children emotionally invested in saving the ice caps gave a lesson to students as a polar bear hovered over his shoulder. Gavin McCormack is trying to bring the “amazing natural phenomena” to the ...

Childcare workers across Australia will go on mass strike in September to highlight poor wages and industry conditions. On Wednesday, United Workers’ Union delegates and Early Childhood Education and Care union members unanimously voted to take nationwide action. “Educators are ...

Helping Australian kids get better at maths may be as simple as shifting negative attitudes, according to one prominent education expert. Many students see maths as a subject only certain types of people are good at, which can stop them ...

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds in NSW will gain more access to selective schools as part of a major state government effort to address the education equity gap.  Starting in the 2023 academic year, up to 20 per cent of selective ...

A new study has revealed grim new e-cigarette usage among teens, with more than 80 per cent of teachers reporting at least some of their high-school students vaping. The study, published in the Australian New Zealand Journal of Public Health on Thursday, surveyed almost ...