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Ashfield Public is one school struggling without air-conditioners, with some students fainting from the heat.

From today onwards, students will be told to hand their phones in at the start of the day.

The printed activity dice offered options it claimed were to cheer up dads in a bad mood.

The initiative is aimed at boosting early childhood education, the Minns government said.

The scholarships will be available to all students who enrol in secondary school teaching degrees in 2024 and 2025.

Premier Chris Minns on Monday released a list of 15 schools to be built in the region over the next four years, in a bid to address a backlog of projects for booming suburbs.

The new agreement, which will affect 95,000 teachers across the state, will come into effect on October 9.

Muslims in France face strict limits on their display of religious conviction

Period products can pose a significant expense, up to hundreds of dollars a year per person, particularly for those in financial hardship, unstable accommodation, or those escaping domestic and family violence.

Some students and graduates with a HECS-HELP debt will get a reprieve from making compulsory repayments this financial year.

NAPLAN standards have been revised upwards for this year.

Australian Sign Language also known as Auslan will be offered as an elective to increase inclusiveness and address a shortage of interpreters.

Teachers at Adelaide East Primary School received an anonymous email warning that pipe bombs had been planted on the grounds.

The lingering perception of vocational education and training as a "second option" to the "first choice" of university is holding some students back from potentially lucrative and fulfilling careers, an expert on the sector says.

The school has been hammered online after the lesson came to light.

Thousands of student debts owed to Phoenix Institute will be formally wiped and the now-defunct school has been fined $400 million for exploitative conduct.

Public schools have been told they can only accept admissions within their catchment zone, despite having capacity to take on more students.

Monique Ooms walked free from Victoria's County Court in March after admitting to having sex with her 16-year-old male student.

Failing university students will no longer be cut off from HECS, under changes to the system announced today by education minister Jason Clare.

A primary school has been locked in a battle with a Melbourne council for the past year after receiving a hefty bill to fix a boundary wall. 

The government's rush to cash in on the $40 billion international student industry has negatively rocked the rental market, think tank warns

Here is a list of the government school term dates for each Australian state and territory.

Labor says the changes will leave more than one million families better off.

Michael Kable has been sentenced to an 18-month community corrections order over the assault.

Students will soon be banned from using phones and smartwatches at school, even during break times.

The groundbreaking new trial aims at enhancing the way students learn through the use of AI, which is set to provide 24-hour a day assistance.

Childhood experts are encouraging parents to swap their kids' screen time for green time.

Raising a child in South Korea is no easy task. While they are toddlers, many parents are already scouting out elite private preschools.

The Victorian government has backtracked on an election plan to hit hundreds of non-government schools with payroll tax.

Hospitality worker and international student Gautam Timalsina is about to have his working hours cut by half.

Almost a quarter of Victorian senior high school students aren't completing Year 12, according to new figures from the Productivity Commission.

The new bargaining laws come into effect today and will allow workers in the low cost injuries to band together for a pay rise.

Nearly 80 primary school students, mostly girls, are suspected to have been poisoned over the weekend and taken to hospital in Afghanistan's Sangcharak district.

A US school district that recently pulled the King James Bible from elementary and middle school libraries has now received a request to review the Book of Mormon for removal, according to school officials.

After 13 years in the job, Melbourne-based teacher David said he's experiencing the most profound burnout of his life - and he's not alone.

The high-fee schools will have their tax exemption cut from July 1 next year, a move handed down in Tuesday's state budget.

Kindergarten could be made free to thousands of families across Queensland, under a cost-of-living shake-up.

Almost a dozen schools across New South Wales reverted to pandemic-era learning from home this week amid multiple COVID-19 outbreaks.

Teach Us Consent will expand its work on educating people aged 16 years and above on sexual violence and consent, with funds allocated from the 2023-24 budget.

Two high school students have been taken to hospital after suffering a severe reaction to a vaping product in Melbourne.

From a remote primary school in the Northern Territory, six primary school students travelled a world away to take on the World Robotics Championships.

After calls from health bodies and medical professionals, Australia will completely overhaul its laws and regulations surrounding vaping.

The program gives $100 to parents, guardians and cares of school enrolled children to use towards sport and active recreation costs each year.

The child vomited on a tray provided by the second teacher, and the aide charged with neglect then gave the child a spoon, police said.

The headmaster of one of Sydney's elite schools has spoken about the quick judgement passed on some senior students after they were alleged to have killed a goanna while on a school camp at the end of last term.

A US bus driver has been charged with 30 counts of child abuse after he deliberately hit the brakes to teach the children aboard a lesson.

Millions of Australians will be hit with a "student debt avalanche", a senator has warned, after a parliamentary inquiry report rejected a proposed law to freeze $74 billion in HECS and HELP loans.

Families could have access to pre-school for children as young as three following a royal commission headed by former prime minister Julia Gillard.

A church which runs some of Australia's most prestigious schools believes students who are gay or having sex before marriage should not take up school leadership positions.

States and territories have different approaches to banning phones in schools.