A private school principal has lost a defamation lawsuit against a high-profile community activist over a Facebook post which she claimed suggested she was covering up alleged child abuse, court documents state. Dubbo’s Central West Leadership Academy principal, Mandi Randell, launched civil proceedings ...

Australian students’ spelling results have shown significant declines in some yearly cohorts, according to this year’s NAPLAN, but overall national performance signalled a stable recovery from Covid-19. More than one million students across the country submitted 4.8 million NAPLAN tests ...

In celebration of World Teachers' Day, Education Review asked ‘everyday Australians’ to share the memories of their favourite teachers who made their school day unforgettable.  Over the past couple of years, Australian teachers have faced numerous challenges with Covid-19, online-learning, ...

Lecturer and researcher Adam Ritchie spent his high school years in detention with school report cards describing him as smart but unfocused, playing in class and causing trouble. Years later, he is an accomplished academic at the University of Oxford ...

A new report calling for Australia’s schools and universities to remain open during future Covid-19 outbreaks has been critiqued for using “misleading” data. Last Thursday, a six-month independent review into Australia’s Covid-19 response led by Western Sydney University chancellor professor ...

Extracurricular activities could help to close the educational gap between students in regional areas and their city counterparts, a new study shows.  Lead researcher from the University of Tasmania lecturer in psychology Alexander O’Donnell says out of school activities can ...

Teachers' job satisfaction has dropped in Australia as educators report feeling disrespected, overworked and unsafe, pushing them to leave the profession in droves, a new report shows.  The Australian Teachers’ Perceptions of their Work Report by Monash University surveyed more ...

The last few years have been a testament to the education industry’s ability to innovate and transform. Across the nation, we have witnessed a significant shift in how classroom materials are being dynamically delivered to students – aligned with a ...

The NSW Teachers Federation has been fined $60,000 for "plainly and deliberately" striking while restrained to take industrial action.  On November 29, 2021, the Industrial Relations Commission had issued an order prohibiting the federation and its members from taking industrial ...

Disturbing footage has emerged of students violently brawling inside a Melbourne school, days after the principal warned parents of young gangs in the area. Footage obtained by NCA Newswire shows female students at Alamanda K-9 in Point Cook punching, kicking, tackling and wrestling one ...