Australia’s persistent teacher shortages in schools have reached “crisis” levels, according to Education Minister Jason Clare. Millions of students across the country are due to head back into classrooms over the next week, but schools are facing crippling staffing issues. Amid continued ...

If there is a one-word answer to the often-posed question, 'What is the one thing that’s most different about the Finnish system?', it is trust. As I led a tour group through Finnish schools, a number of the group were ...

Public schools across the country can now apply for government funding to build or upgrade infrastructure. Federal Education Minister Jason Clare and Assistant Education Minister Anthony Chisholm announced that applications for round two of the Schools Upgrade Fund (SUF) are ...

Teachers will soon get access to three free short courses on classroom management and teaching strategies developed by the University of Adelaide. The short courses will be developed by the University of Adelaide Profesional and Continuing Education (PACE)  and will ...

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) has named the principal of a small public primary school in country Victoria among the most powerful people in education in 2023. Jacquie Burrows was a teacher at Churchill Primary School (Churchill) prior to taking ...

The Albanese government has announced it will fund upgrades to over one thousand schools as part of a $250 million plan to improve school infrastructure. On Thursday, Education Minister Jason Clare announced that 1300 schools would benefit from $32 million ...

Major education union leaders and academics will form a ministerial reference group tasked with informing the federal government's overhaul of the nation's school funding system. Last month, Jason Clare established an expert panel led by former public service chief Dr ...

Federal education minister Jason Clare has flown to the United States to meet with global education leaders at the 2023 International Summit on the Teaching Profession. The summit, which kicked off today, will see Clare meet with his ministerial counterparts from ...

Australia’s education ministers will draft a national plan by December to address chronic teacher shortages and rife dissatisfaction plaguing the teaching profession.  A roundtable meeting held last Friday saw key stakeholders, including unions, academics and principals, meet with the nation’s ...

In an unexpected turn, senior NSW MP Jason Clare has been chosen as the new Education Minister over front-runner Tanya Plibersek, heralding a new era in education policy.  The former lawyer previously served in the Gillard and Rudd governments, handling ...