The Association of Heads of Independent Schools Australia (AHISA) has appointed the principal of Arndell Anglican College in Oakville, New South Wales, as its new national chair. The newly appointed national chair of AHISA Dr Gareth Leechman. Picture: Supplied Dr ...

Teachers have been getting more time to teach, and students have had more of their questions answered, in a trial of an AI chatbot in select South Australian schools. SA was the only jurisdiction in the nation to not ban AI ...

School Representative Councils (SRCs) have been part of the fabric of the Australian education system for such a long time, it can be easy to forget the opportunity they present for students to develop a range of skills, and contribute ...

The 2024 federal budget contains A$110 million for Indigenous education. This includes funding for various different organisations to represent and help Indigenous people as well as scholarships in a bid to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous learning and ...

A special National Cabinet meeting, held after weeks of rallies protesting gender-based violence broke out across the country, saw state and federal government leaders commit to ending violence against women and children in a generation – but, how can we ...

One-third of Australian children can't read this sentence. The Grattan Institute says that fact is a preventable tragedy that will cost Australia $40bn over those students' lifetimes. All schools should use a 'structured literacy' approach to teach reading with a ...

A career and wellbeing support foundation for Indigenous students collected data from over 500 kids from 49 schools to find out what truly helps First Nations learners stay engaged in education. Aurora Education Foundation is an Indigenous-led organisation that provides ...

A University of South Australia (UniSA) study on school discipline discourse found 'gaps' in the NSW behaviour strategy, and said suspending students could exacerbate bad behaviour in disadvantaged kids who need more support in the classroom. The study said that ...

More than 4000 NSW teachers who left the classroom to take administrative roles such as assistant and deputy principal will have to return to the classroom. In one of the Minns government’s most significant school overhauls, the Coalition's Local Schools, ...

Schools are ideal places to empower students through leadership opportunities, from a place on the student representative council (SRC) to president of the chess club. Students who undertake leadership opportunities are often the same students who achieve higher grades, are ...