An expert has urged Australia's educators to take the time to care for their mental health after a survey revealed widespread exhaustion and burn out across NSW schools. A recent NSW state survey, released last week, revealed that more than ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Teachers in NSW would earn up to $130,000 per year as part of a state government plan to attract more graduates into classrooms.  Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said “outstanding teachers” would be considered for higher paying roles, as part of ...

A parliamentary hearing into a shortage of teachers in NSW went off the rails on Thursday after a government MP accused a union boss of using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to push for higher wages. The state parliament’s ...

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds in NSW will gain more access to selective schools as part of a major state government effort to address the education equity gap.  Starting in the 2023 academic year, up to 20 per cent of selective ...

An upcoming strike planned by NSW public and Catholic school teachers has been labelled “politically motivated” by the state’s education minister. Hundreds of teachers are set to walk off their jobs on Thursday in protest of the government’s revised wages ...

Principals, teachers and senior education leaders from across NSW gathered in Sydney this week to attend the fourth annual SMH Schools Summit. The event, marking the first in-person event since COVID-19, dissected some of the major issues facing Australia's education ...

The NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli, has described the move to slash funding to the state’s schools and the TAFE system as difficult but necessary. A report by the NSW government said: “The state government has had to make tough ...