Parents are being encouraged to build more movement into everyday routines as part of a push to arrest a decline in kids’ balancing skills.
Rhianna Mitchell
Teachers from a prominent Perth high school are calling for the number of days students spend at school each year to be slashed, arguing it could even improve academic performance.
Bethany Hiatt
A swim coach trusted with children at one of Melbourne’s most prestigious schools will stand trial over 10 child abuse charges.
Harvey Constable
It will be easier for principals to ban abusive parents from school grounds under expanded laws, including those who target teachers through social media.
Nick Wilson
Dramatic footage has captured the moment police arrested a teenager in a rideshare vehicle following an alleged burglary, as a nearby private school was plunged into lockdown.
Alexandra Feiam
A mother has told a court of the “horror and fear” she felt when discovering her child had been abused by a childcare worker.
Clareese Packer
Young girls face the greatest psychological risk of all adolescents from using social media for extended periods, a decade-long Australian study has found.
Allanah Sciberras
A father and his teenage daughter have survived an apparent assassination attempt gone wrong after a terrifying confrontation.
Jack Nivison
Students received an email urging ‘heightened vigilance’ of their personal digital security after the university identified ‘unauthorised external access’ to the student information database.
There is no verdict on the benefits of barring under 16-year-olds from using social media, months after the controversial changes came into effect.
Allanah Sciberras, Duncan Murray and Morgan Reinwald
Parents and teachers could benefit under a state election pitch to place specialists in prep classes to assess, refer and diagnose neurodivergent students.
Callum Godde
An explosive parting shot by former foreign minister and ex-Australian National University chancellor Julie Bishop has been revealed.
Nathan Schmidt
Roger Cook has denied that being forced to juggle more students than public schools in other States has made the job of WA teachers more difficult.
The Cook Government often likes to point to its track record in education, but having the worst student-to-teacher ratios in Australia is hardly something to boast about.
WA has the worst ratio of public primary school students to teachers in the country and has done little to reduce class sizes over the past decade.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has revealed details of a radical plan to stop foreigners from accessing bridging visas or attempting to appeal cancellation decisions.
Max Corstorphan
One of Australia’s most acclaimed scientists has been recognised for his lifelong passion for physics and his dedication to unlocking the secrets of the universe for future generations.
Hundreds more Year 12s from private schools are getting special allowances — such as rest breaks or extra working time — in their final exams compared with their peers from public schools.
A search for wellbeing and improved mental health doesn't need to be subdued, as thousands of dancing and cheering students recently learned.
Morgan Reinwald
Love it or hate it, an IGA store has taken the Sunshine State’s love affair with pineapple to a new level - putting the controversial fruit in sausages to celebrate Queensland Day.
Emma Kirk
The hammer will come down at a very special auction on Sunday as truckie Alan Ettridge aims to raise thousands of dollars for Manypeaks and South Stirling primary schools.
Claire Middleton
Exclusive documents have revealed turmoil within the leadership of a scandal-plagued Australian university, as its acting leader acknowledges “grave concerns”.
A south-of-the-river school has been recognised as the top private school in Australia.
Sophie Gannon
A Dunsborough Primary School is calling on the community to help eight of the South West’s most ambitious young engineers compete in an international competition.
Craig Duncan
