An education expert has welcomed NSW Labor's pledge to expand access to co-ed schools, but has called for STEM and literacy classes to be separated by gender.  Earlier this week, state Labor announced plans to expand catchment areas for co-ed ...

Australia’s need for educators has been driven by an interplay of salary, burnout and dissatisfaction, but new research will seek to find answers from a largely overlooked stakeholder - ex-teachers.  Experts from three major universities will survey teachers across the ...

Police have released information about the surprising number of arrests made on the first night of schoolies, as thousands of school leavers descend on the Gold Coast. About 20,000 schoolies are expected attend the first week of celebrations, prompting extra police officers called ...

More than 6000 NSW kids aged between ten and 14 have visited an emergency service over the past five years due to self-harm, new research has shown. According to Dr Michelle Tye from the Black Dog Institute and UNSW Medicine ...

Year 12 students around Australia are about to finish high school. While the end of the year is all about celebrating, an education expert has said some students would rather have a "quiet" departure. Senior education lecturer from the University ...

Australia’s teachers need to do more to protect their LGBTIQA+ students from bullying and harassment, new research says. Researchers from the University of South Australia asked over 400 teachers about how they chose to intervene in bullying incidents against sexually ...

Over the years, fairy tales have become 'controversial' due to the gender stereotypes they depict, yet an education expert urges teachers to bring them back into the classroom to address complex societal issues.  According to school teacher and education doctoral ...

With 6 million Australians falling victim to cyber-attacks this year, an education expert has called for an updated curriculum to protect young people from online threats. According to Edith Cowan digital technologies professor Nicola Johnson, children as young as five ...

Thousands of school families could be caught up in a terrifying cyber attack on a tech group used by state government departments. PNORS Technology Group, an enterprise used by the Department of Education and Training in Victoria, has been the ...

With more than 140 flood warnings in place across New South Wales and Victoria, an expert has urged teachers and schools to turn to trauma responsive education to better help students respond to the stresses associated with natural disasters.  Deakin ...