Immigrant adolescents who feel connected to family, school and community experience lower depression and anxiety, better grades, and stronger social ties a new study has found.
Australia is in the grip of a school attendance problem, with two in every five students now not attending regularly – and huge change is needed if we are to shift the dial across the country, experts have warned.
Year 12 student Annie Zhou can't help but feel nervous as she waits for her final results to be released.
Adjusting to life without social media will be challenging for millions of young Australians, the prime minister has warned, as world-first laws barring children from apps like Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok take effect.
Mornings are always busy for Carol*. The school day starts with a flurry of texts, calls, and emails from parents explaining why their children aren’t in class.
Mentoring is a critical part of ensuring pre-service and early career teachers are prepared for the classroom and the school workplace, and international recognition of an Australian program seems to suggest we know how to do it pretty well.
Last week’s 2025 school NAPLAN results on the My School website have triggered a storm. News Corp journalists were quick to publish league tables placing the elite schools on top.
Indigenous people have received a heartfelt apology for past wrongs in one state, but a political disagreement over the wording has overshadowed the historic moment.
Step into any Australian school, and you will be confronted with a problem that is becoming impossible to ignore: Vaping. It’s not unusual to see students using vapes in bathrooms and on playgrounds, or passing them around at assemblies, a trend m...
Children from low-income groups were disproportionally disadvantaged by online testing, according to a new report which used NAPLAN data.
