One day after a ‘sophisticated state actor’ hacked Australian government servers, it was announced that children as young as eleven will be trained to potentially thwart such attacks in the future. On Tuesday, the Schools Cyber Security Challenges program was launched at St Andrew’s ...

All in all, Australians are pretty happy with the state of classroom education. Despite a hefty amount of negative media attention, a new nation-wide survey of 2052 adults has revealed that Australians are largely positive about the level of education ...

A national academy to provide specialist leadership training for school principals will be set up if Labor wins the next federal election. A recent review found high performing school leaders add between two and seven months’ worth of growth in ...

When five pm hits, Jessica flicks on the TV. She knows Lula, her two-and-a-half-year-old, will pass the witching hour in relative peace watching ABC Kids. Screen time rules proponents may caution her: no more than that per day, until Lulu is ...

Two dedicated mental health staff will be sent to every public high school in NSW under a state government plan to help young people struggling with bullying and stress. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is today expected to announce a multi-million ...

Has a parent ever complained to you about voluntary school contributions – whether they be excursion, textbook or extracurricular activity-related? If so, you’re far from alone. Parents and Citizens Associations of New South Wales, the peak body for NSW school parents, believes ...

A Labor federal government would offer Australia’s “best and brightest” tax-free bursaries of $40,000 to become teachers. Deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek announced the plan this morning, saying a career in teaching should be a first choice rather than a ...

As an educator, you’re responsible for a great deal of information about the students in your care, from contact and demographic details to information about their religious affiliation or sexuality. This can affect everything from a student’s support needs and ...

Despite efforts of successive cabinets, the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous outcomes has yet to be closed. Prime Minister Scott Morrison hopes a new plan will at least reduce it educationally. Unveiled today, it entails waiving the HECS debts of 3,100 ...

Indigenous Australians will play a greater role in efforts to close the health and education gap. Prime Minister Scott Morrison delivered the 11th annual Closing the Gap report in Canberra on Thursday, calling for a new approach to targets that ...