In Australia, about 98% of schools are using some form of streaming to organise students into different classes based on their abilities. Yet, new research from the School of Education at Edith Cowan University suggests some students find streaming to ...

A recent report from the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership reveals that nearly five hundred thousand educators have had their wellbeing impacted by the last three years of bushfires, floods, Covid-19, lockdowns and online learning. Teacher, coach, author and ...

Between 2019 and 2021 the Victorian and Federal Governments focused on recruiting career-change teachers to help schools facing high turnover and teacher shortages. Career-change teachers are those who have switched career to become teachers or who are currently shifting from ...

The Victorian government has signalled it could scrap mask mandates for primary school students as soon as the start of Term 2. A government statement revealed Tuesday if Covid-19 conditions continued as expected and case numbers remained steady, mask mandates ...

Schools around Australia have been stricken by the latest surge in Covid-19, forcing classes to close or operate with minimal staff. For the past two weeks, at least 25 per cent of NSW public school students and teachers have been ...

Victoria’s health minister lashed his federal counterpart after state leaders were urged to tackle the illicit sale of e-cigarettes to children. It comes as experts warn of a “public health crisis” as the vaping phenomenon introduces a new generation to ...

School funding is under the spotlight once again thanks to a recent report from the NSW Teachers Federation which revealed that about 130 private schools were overfunded by a total of 120 million dollars, leaving a government funding shortfall for ...

Schools across NSW are either closed or operating with minimal staff due to the spread of Covid-19, forcing teachers and students home to isolate. The Independent Education Union (IEU) has revealed 25 per cent of public school students were not in ...

After an almost year-long debate, state and federal education ministers have signed off on the revised national curriculum, set to come into force at the start of Term 2.  Acting federal education minister Stuart Robert announced the states' endorsement on ...

Federal politician Alan Tudge has retained his title of education minister despite being stood aside from the position. Tudge was asked by the prime minister to stand aside from the role last year, pending an investigation into allegations of an abusive extramarital ...