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Subject study designs that heavily involve senior students using advanced calculators capable of solving problems that veer well into university-level mathematics, risk diluting teacher instruction and derailing learning – and are causing clear eq...
The IEU has begun its application for a Single Interest Authorisation before the Fair Work Commission, marking a major step in its campaign for fair bargaining rights for Victorian Catholic education staff.
The classroom often descends into a ‘battle scene’ when students have devices with them, as one teacher reports it is a constant struggle to ensure screens remain closed or actually used for learning.
Extreme flooding is being blamed for Northern Territory’s reduced school attendance rates as its education minister defends her Government’s tough anti-truancy policy, which includes fines for parents.
A teenager accused of preparing a terrorist attack on then-opposition leader Peter Dutton was not guilty due to his autism-related fixations on dark humour and explosives, a jury has heard.
A new poll of Australian teachers has found that respectful debate on contemporary or controversial issues is becoming harder to implement in classrooms, raising concerns about future democratic engagement and social cohesion.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced the United Kingdom will ban social media platforms for under-16s and impose restrictions on gaming and live-streaming platforms, in a fightback against big tech that goes further than any other co...
Time is running out for young people aged 14-18 to take part in On Your Terms, a national survey being conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commission on consent and sex education.
The Victorian Government is doubling down on its mission to curtail the use of digital devices in the classroom, announcing that from next year all secondary schools must include planned ‘device-free time’ in their learning schedules.
Telling students to bin their rubbish does little to change behaviour when delivered in a classroom, in the experience of retired teacher Geoffrey Holt.
