More funding towards public schools, in-school tutoring programs and a statewide phone ban has been touted by both major parties in the lead-up to the NSW state election. Less than 60 days before the election, NSW Labor has pledged $400 ...

Supporting new teachers during their first day at school can help to reduce attrition rates and provide a better learning environment for all staff and students, according to an education expert. This week, more than four million Australian students returned ...

Fast-tracking teaching degrees would only be a "small step" towards fixing urgent staff shortages in Australian, an education expert has said. Professor Kim Beswick, head of UNSW's education department, said the NSW coalition's recent pledge to cut teaching degrees’ length ...

Building small habits can help teachers’ to balance their mental health and workloads through the school year, according to a well-being expert.  This week, four million students returned back to classrooms nationwide to begin Term 1.  Former teacher and wellbeing ...

NSW students were able to access their HSC results early after an IT glitch on the New South Wales Education Standards Authority website inadvertently released students’ marks. On Saturday morning, between 8 and 10 am, a small group of students ...

A wellbeing expert has urged educators to take care of their mental health during the school holidays.  According to coach and director at Teacher Wellbeing Daniela Falecki, 2022 has been a “crazy” year that has left educators and school staff ...

The creation of a new ‘expert teacher’ role in NSW schools could create a divide among teaching staff and exacerbate shortages, an education expert has said.   Set to begin in 2023, the role of the ‘expert teacher’ will see educators ...

A multi-million dollar package to address rising teacher supply shortages in Western Australian schools has been labelled “desperate” by the state’s education union. The WA government’s $9.6 million initiative to address teacher shortages would see early-career teachers sent into state ...

An education expert has welcomed NSW Labor's pledge to expand access to co-ed schools, but has called for STEM and literacy classes to be separated by gender.  Earlier this week, state Labor announced plans to expand catchment areas for co-ed ...

South Australia's education minister Blair Boyer has vouched to make “school safer” and tackle violence on playgrounds following a rise in schoolyard incidents. On Tuesday, an education roundtable was held to discuss new strategies to address school violence across the ...