The 2025 school year is under way, and every young Australian is sharing the experience of renewingfriendships and the routines of school and learning. But, these days, students are far less likely to be sharing the same type of school, ...
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Public school enrolments continue to decline, fingers pointed at funding
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released on Monday reported an increase of 45,008 students enrolled into Australian schools in 2024 compared with 2023. About 39,600 of these students went into private schools, with only 5,419 enrolled in the public ...
More »Should Indigenous knowledge be part of teaching maths? Senator Henderson says no
A Coalition analysis of the Australian curriculum says cross-curriculum priorities, especially ones relating to First Nations culture, makes the content "overcrowded, too complex and infused with ideology". Opposition education spokeswoman Senator Sarah Henderson, on whose website the analysis was posted, ...
More »‘Do I have to get it in writing?’ Even with compulsory lessons, some teens are confused about how consent works
Consent education has been mandatory in Australian schools since 2023. Amid growing public understanding we need to reduce sexual violence and teach young people about healthy relationships, consent is now part of the national curriculum until Year 10. But is ...
More »“Civics education is not working”: Inquiry calls for mandatory politics content in curriculum
A parliamentary inquiry has made 23 recommendations to the education sector after stating young people don't receive civics and citizenship education adequate enough to cast an informed vote. The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters undertook the Inquiry into civics ...
More »Experts to conduct “bullying review” in schools
Two experts have been hand-picked by the federal government to travel the country for six months to gather stories of bullying in schools, as Labor forges ahead with its plan to create a national bullying policy. Education Minister Jason Clare ...
More »Education department failed on child abuse cases, Victorian Ombudsman finds
In a damning new report released Thursday, the Victorian Ombudsman has revealed there are systemic gaps in the Victorian Department of Education's policies, procedures and practices in managing child sexual abuse in schools. It comes after two separate investigations into ...
More »$100m donation for Western Sydney girls in STEM
The largest single philanthropic gift ever given to a NSW university – and the biggest ever donation to the University of Sydney (USYD) – will go to girls from Western Sydney who dream of becoming scientists or mathematicians. The $100m ...
More »Public schools “misrepresented” 22% funding gap in Productivity Commission report, says independent schools assoc
A report by the Productivity Commission has revealed a startling disparity between funding funnelled into private schools and that given to their public counterparts. The private schooling sector saw a 22 per cent faster growth in government funding over the past decade ...
More »New year, new school: your guide to planning for the year ahead
With the start of a new year everyone that works in a school has decisions to make about what the next 12 months are going to look like. This guide brings you expert help for planning the year ahead when ...
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