As long as she could remember, Sydney principal Alison Felici always loved dogs. "I've had a lot of rescue dogs over time," Alison told Education Review. "Now I have two pugs, and Micky." In the aftermath of back-to-back Covid-19 lockdowns ...

The number of principals wanting to quit or retire early has tripled since 2019, with teacher shortages, heavy workloads and lack of time as sources of stress for school leaders, a new survey shows. A survey of 2500 Australian school ...

An expert is urging school principals to take care of their wellbeing during the holidays as staff shortages, workload, administrative tasks and the aftermath of Covid-19 have left them struggling with their mental health.  While principals’ stress levels have skyrocketed, ...

People have been left divided by NSW opposition's plan to ban mobile phones from state high schools, with experts calling for better digital education over a blanket ban. On Monday NSW opposition leader Chris Minns announced a blanket ban on ...

Building a positive school culture can help reduce teacher stress, boost their effectiveness, and give them more time to focus on students, yet grasping the concept and implementing it can be challenging. According to former school principal and founder and ...

When I signed my first contract with the board of Moreton Bay College at the age of 37, I had no idea how much of my time as a principal would be devoted to my own leadership. I knew that ...

Earlier this month, elite Sydney private school SCEGGS Darlinghurst became the latest to implement a total mobile phone ban for its students, igniting a discussion around technology's impact on student academic performance and wellbeing. This came weeks after north-Sydney's Shore ...

When it comes to mental health problems, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and this is especially true of our youth. Left untreated, mental health issues can lead to increasingly challenging outcomes in childhood and adolescent ...

Federal education minister Alan Tudge has said the revised federal government's religious discrimination bill will permit schools to hire on the basis of faith, but not be able to discriminate on other characteristics. The government is hoping the legislation will ...

One of the many strengths of effective school leaders is their ability to calmly navigate uncertain and unstable times. The pandemic is a disruption that has tested us all with different challenges every day. It has forced our education system ...