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’ ...

NAPLAN is under fire again. “Outdated” and “inappropriate” are words used to describe the aims of NAPLAN in a recent UNSW study. Many of us parents can relate to the many “negative outcomes” kids experience – like stress and anxiety!  ...

Every other week, two types of articles about online exams seem to come out: either students are being caught cheating remotely, or students (and some teachers) fear that the online vigilance of remote exams has the potential to be taken ...

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 ...

CampusReview · The importance of accurate and meaningful student reporting in current times - Tony Maguire Recently Education Review published an article on the importance of assessing students' learning and progress accurately, and in a way both parents and students ...

Dissection is an often contentious topic, but it remains a fundamental skill for any student looking to pursue the fields of nursing, veterinary science and dentistry to name but a few. Skills learnt in dissections help students to better prepare ...

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 ...