Last week, the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) announced that the 2020 HSC would go ahead despite disruptions caused by COVID-19, and today it has revealed some changes to student requirements. The group already announced that principals have the power ...

Year 12 is a stressful period that’s jam-packed with content and finishes quite early in the year. Usually this is problematic enough, but with COVID-19 continuing to significantly complicate the education sector, this year will be particularly challenging for graduating ...

Twelve outstanding teachers and educational leaders have been named as winners of this year’s Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards. Spread right around the country and covering schools small and large and located in remote areas and capital cities, the 12 teaching ...

The Independent Education Union of Australia (IEUA) has been told that a small number of independent schools are considering standing down support staff without pay in Term 2 due to COVID-19’s fallout. However, the union is resolutely calling for the ...

When the coronavirus first emerged in China's Wuhan province, local authorities were slow to react and suggestions of a lack of transparency and cover-up by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were widespread. Here, too, in South Australia the Education Minister, ...

Australia's Year 12 students face an uncertain future with national educators unable to agree on the make-up of end of year exams amid the COVID-19 crisis. The National Education Council involving education ministers for all states and territories said the ...

Pressure is mounting to cease normal school operations in NSW after the Australian Education Union (AEU) met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday, a day after the union met with Education Minister Dan Tehan. The AEU is yet to respond ...

Tasmania's school term will end four days early so teachers can prepare online education resources amid the coronavirus pandemic. Premier Peter Gutwein reiterated on Wednesday that public schools will stay open, but April 6-9 would be made student-free days. He ...

Teachers need to be involved in classroom design to improve student learning outcomes, researchers say. Monash University researchers looked at more than 8000 peer-reviewed research articles and found school leaders were alienated from the classroom design process and teachers weren’t ...

Unlike Victoria and the ACT, New South Wales is yet to formally close schools, although students are encouraged to stay at home, especially if they are sick. As Education Review reported on Tuesday, this decision – backed by PM Scott ...