NSW public school teachers have decided to go on strike next week to protest low pay and unmanageable workloads. The 24-hour strike will happen on Tuesday, December 7. “We anticipate significant, significant participation in this day of action,” NSW Teachers ...

The Morrison government has pledged to protect gay students and staff from prejudice as part of a proposed religious discrimination law. The Coalition party room unanimously endorsed the bill on Tuesday, but a number of Liberal MPs voiced concerns about ...

Disadvantaged students have missed out on learning during the pandemic, with a “digital divide” forcing some to use phones to access their classes, a new survey has revealed. The Smith Family children’s education charity surveyed 134 of its frontline workers ...

The school principal who threatened to shut down his independent Catholic college due to Western Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate has been blasted for the “bizarre” decision. Principal and founder Adam Zydek told staff at Divine Mercy College in Yangebup that ...

Police have arrested a man during a protest against Covid vaccinations outside a high school in Sydney’s west. Officers from Nepean Police Area Command were called to Cranebrook High School about 8.30am on Tuesday after a group of up to 40 adults, students and ...

Two Perth schools have cancelled their co-production of the musical Grease because the movie’s themes and content are outdated. Year 7-10 students from Scotch College and Presbyterian Ladies‘ College were due to perform the iconic musical this month but decided ...

When St Paul's College headmaster Dr Paul Browning recently wrote an article on LinkedIn, it garnered a lot of attention and support. The premise of the piece, which I'd encourage you to read, was that we are gradually "dehumanising education" ...

American teacher Keishia Thorpe was crowned winner of the Global Teacher Prize overnight for her work getting first-generation American kids of immigrant backgrounds into college. The $1 million prize is the largest teaching prize of its kind and is now ...

Both the education sector and the Australian public are well aware of the significant challenges COVID has presented to teachers and students over the last two years. Recent data cited in an article by the Independent Education Union of Australia ...

Public school staff will ban Victorian state Labor MPs from visiting campuses as politicians ramp up their campaigns ahead of next year’s state election. It comes as the Victorian teachers union fights for a larger pay increase, warning the ban ...