Swelling class sizes causing classroom chaos
For the first time, the OECD has acknowledged a direct link between swelling class sizes and a spike in student behavioural issues.
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Students in crisis: Calls for govt to take urgent action
Despite a recent review into the ACT special schooling system, the territory’s schools do not have enough counsellors help rising numbers of students in crisis or acute need, says the AEU.
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Is it time for a uniform school starting age?
A national starting age would significantly reduce the vexed issue of 'readiness' for school which causes great anxiety for parents and educators, say experts.
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Final two years of Gonski now on the cards
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has fuelled speculation that he may fund the crucial final two years of the Gonski agreement.
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Funding full six years of Gonski ‘in Federal Government’s own best interest’
Teachers and principals explain why funding the full six years of the Gonski agreement is in Australia’s best interest - as well as that of the Federal Government itself.
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School dropouts ‘a cause for real alarm’
A quarter of students are dropping out of school before Year 12 as a “segregated” school system takes its toll, warns a new report.
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ACT education minister under pressure
The ACT’s education minister is under pressure after the Chief Minister failed to support her at Question Time.
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77 drug-related suspensions in Darwin schools
The number of students suspended from Darwin schools so far this year has almost beaten the total for the whole of 2014.
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New education minister, childcare returns to portfolio
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s cabinet reshuffle has replaced Christopher Pyne as education minister while childcare has returned to the education portfolio.
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Funding gap fails students with disabilities
The Australian Education Union has told a Senate inquiry that a lack of funding for students with disabilities is leaving them with a disadvantage.