Select Queensland state schools have begun trialling generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that generates personalised quizzes, based on student answers, to cater for unique learning styles and improve learning. The technology will be tested by 500 students, from years five ...

The federal Education Minister was in the ‘hot seat’ in a recent news podcast where primary-aged kids grilled him on his education policies.  Minister Jason Clare joined the Squiz Kids Today podcast, where young Australians asked him about teacher shortages, ...

An anti-food waste initiative is providing free, curriculum-centred lesson plans, teacher training and classroom resources to schools willing to teach their students about sustainable food practices. FEAST, a 10-week education program by food rescue organisation OzHarvest, aligns to the years ...

NSW public school students have put away their mobile phones during school hours after a sweeping ban kicked into place on the first day of term four.  The state government announced its move to ban mobile phones in April, fulfilling ...

An AI amalgamation of 80 faces and voices of children around the globe has delivered a manifesto on behalf of the world’s children to global leaders. ‘Uni’ was unveiled at the Children’s General Assembly in Billund, Denmark, in September to ...

A 2023 research report found just under half of Indigenous communities in Australia have no mobile service due to limited communications infrastructure and affordability constraints in rural and remote areas. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) research said 43 per ...

Reports of violence, bullying, and drug taking in South Australian schools have risen to over 10,000 last year. Incidents of violence in school spiked by over 550 to 2915 last year with increasing reports of verbal abuse, intruders on campus, ...

Authors, illustrators and poets featured in this year’s Higher School Certificate (HSC) English exams are to be given additional support following online abuse and trolling from some year 12 students in former years. The 2023 HSC kicked off with written ...

Several Sydney high schools will transition to co-education after community consultation showed strong support for migrating schools away from single-sex education. Randwick Boys and Randwick Girls High School will combine to form a co-ed high school for years 7-12. The ...

High schoolers with smartphone separation anxiety can wave goodbye to playground Snapchats and swimming carnival selfies with a hard-line ban on mobile phones across all public schools starting on the first day of term four. Some schools have forked out ...