One Nation MLC Mark Latham has accused Education Minister Sarah Mitchell of using “political spin” to glaze over a hotbed issue in a northwestern NSW community. Earlier this month, Mitchell and Latham travelled to Walgett Community College in the state’s ...

Free sanitary products will be made available in West Australian secondary state schools to ensure girls don’t miss out on their education due to the costs of period items. The program is set to start at the beginning of Term ...

Early NAPLAN results have been delayed this year due to “unprecedented” rates of student absences caused by COVID-19, floods and the flu. The 2022 NAPLAN tests marked the final year of transition to online testing, with 4.3 million tests submitted ...

A large number of Australian adults are struggling with basic literacy skills, new research has revealed, with most agreeing that technology could have helped them overcome reading and writing difficulties while at school. Global technology education company Texthelp commissioned a ...

The Department of Education has revealed an investigation is still ongoing into how a radioactive rock ended up inside a high school science classroom in Sydney. In a letter sent out on August 18, Randwick Girls’ High School principal Lucy ...

The 2022/23 NSW state budget will include $1.2 billion to upgrade all NSW state school facilities. The maintenance operation will include gates, window and door repairs, painting, fencing and floor renewal. “We are delivering a record number of new and ...

High schools around the country have banned mobile phones to ensure students' wellbeing and learning outcomes, yet research shows it does not provide the expected effect in the long term. Schools choosing to ban mobile phones often believe it will ...

More than 90 per cent of Australian teachers saw their stress levels increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, driving educators away from the job.  A recent study carried out in collaboration between La Trobe University and Swinburne University of Technology revealed ...

A teenager from regional NSW who was bullied with homophobic taunts has been found not guilty of conspiring to murder his schoolmates after a judge found his disturbing diary entries were merely a window into his torment. The teenager, who ...

New research has detailed the health and safety impacts of period poverty on Australian high school students, with more than 60 per cent of teenagers reporting a lack of access to sanitary products. A joint report from the Queensland University ...