NSW public school students have put away their mobile phones during school hours after a sweeping ban kicked into place on the first day of term four.  The state government announced its move to ban mobile phones in April, fulfilling ...

The NSW government has pledged to improve education outcomes by investing a total of $9.8bn in schools across the state, prioritising education infrastructure in Western Sydney and regional NSW over the next four years. Treasurer Daniel Mookhey handed down Labour's ...

Western Australia's Minister for Education Tony Buti has made it clear to universities he does not appreciate their lack of transparency in handing out unconditional early entry offers to secondary students. The minister expressed his skepticism in parliament on August ...

Schools in NSW have returned to remote learning amid a rise in Covid-19 outbreaks with state government warning that entire school shutdowns would be a "last resort". Last week, almost a dozen schools across NSW sent students home following a ...

Australia's rental crisis could further deepen teacher shortages experts have warned, with a new study showing that 90 per cent of educators can't afford to live where they work. A study by UNSW found teachers are being priced out of housing near their ...

Hundreds of new support staff will be hired in Term 3 in efforts to relieve NSW public school teachers from heavy administrative burden. Last week,state deputy premier Prue Car announced that 284 public schools across the state would hire 400 full-time administration staff or ...

The NSW government has offered school teachers a $4000 bonus if they pass their Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher (HALT) accreditation. Under the Coalitions' plan, the one-time cash bonus will enable teachers across the state to access salaries up to ...

More funding towards public schools, in-school tutoring programs and a statewide phone ban has been touted by both major parties in the lead-up to the NSW state election. Less than 60 days before the election, NSW Labor has pledged $400 ...

Fast-tracking teaching degrees would only be a "small step" towards fixing urgent staff shortages in Australian, an education expert has said. Professor Kim Beswick, head of UNSW's education department, said the NSW coalition's recent pledge to cut teaching degrees’ length ...

NSW teachers’ workload could be reduced with the introduction of “machine scoring”, where robots would take over students' assignment marking, new research shows.  These new ‘automated grading technologies’ could be rolled out in NSW public schools in the next ten ...