Recent federal government data shows that Indigenous children are 20 per cent less likely to start school on track developmentally than their non-Indigenous peers. The annual Closing the Gap report released on 12 July indicates Australia is not currently on ...

Over 600 school students in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and NSW will participate in an expanded in-school learning program designed to increase early awareness and participation in STEM subjects. Defence security company BAE Systems and technology company Lumination partnered ...

A Senate report released last week has called on federal and state governments to implement urgent actions to address the rising trend in ‘school refusal’ among Australian students. The Education and Employment References Committee (EERC) received 172 submissions for the ...

Queensland Catholic school employees have taken protected industrial action today after talks allegedly stalled on enterprise bargaining. Independent Education Union Queensland and Northern Territory (IEU-QNT) members from 34 schools took five minutes off work from 8:30-8:35 this morning to address ...

Disability specialists in government schools have been made redundant as 80 staff from the Visiting Teacher Service were impacted by a restructure. The news came after the Victorian Department of Education announced the equivalent of over 300 full-time jobs were ...

The NSW Premier was heckled leaving Griffith airport when he refused to stop and speak to a crowd of angry teachers and parents. Premier Chris Minns' car drove past the group of protesters directly onto the airport tarmac to board ...

Plans have been revealed to transform a major Sydney TAFE campus into a new public primary and high school to keep up with a population surge that has left existing schools bursting at the seams. A TAFE campus on the ...

The NSW Teachers Federation has threatened industrial action after pay negotiations with the federal government broke down.  Teacher wage negotiations came to a standstill last week when the state government allegedly walked away from a deal that the federation claimed ...

The education sector reported its highest rate of ransomware attacks in 2022 with cybercriminals targeting 80 per cent of K-12 schools, according to a recent report released by a leading cybersecurity company. The 2023 State of Ransomware in Education report ...

The number of Australian students studying STEM in later secondary has flat-lined at around 10 per cent, raising concerns about the impact it will have on the future workforce. Data released by the Department of Education shows Australia is slipping ...