Tag: schools

Report finds principal of isolated school misused funds intended for disadvantaged students, and warns similar incidents could occur.

Large number of people report their perception of teachers has improved due to the pandemic and lockdowns.

Covid, bushfires, floods and general uncertainty made last year ‘a year like no other’ for Australia’s school principals, wellbeing study finds.

Australian Federal Police issue warning to maximise privacy settings and avoid giving out too much information when posting photos online.

Tests of a sample population of Year 4 and Year 8 students across 58 countries show our students are getting better at literacy and numeracy.

Education minister lauds SA decision to join four other states in curbing mobile phone usage in its schools.

More than 30 schools have so far been targeted by email threats, disrupting final exams for HSC students.

Australian Education Union claims new report shows the government is clearly failing public schools and calls for ‘inequity’ to be fixed.

“It’s absolutely fundamental for children’s development that they have those role models bearing in mind that lots of children in schools nowadays come from single parent families.” - Psychologist Dr Cross.

Many people feel that schools and educational institutes are exempt from branding — which is far from true.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hit back at the Newman government’s ban on federal Education Minister Peter Garrett visiting schools in the state by ordering all Labor MPs to stand outside school gates and push the Gonski reforms to parents that are dropping off and collecting their children.

Queensland’s education minister says his state won’t follow the lead of NSW in signing up to Canberra’s schools reform.