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Experts welcome push to 'tap the brakes' on school tech

Experts welcome push to 'tap the brakes' on school tech

The use of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT will be phased out of the classroom as part of an overhaul of the national curriculum.

Students to go old school with pen-and-paper testing

Students to go old school with pen-and-paper testing

Students to go old school with pen-and-paper testing

Students to go old school with pen-and-paper testing

Standardised testing for one year group is expected to return to pens and paper after digitisation coincided with slipping results concerning educators.

Australia's grades slip with international students

Australia's grades slip with international students

Australia's grades slip with international students

Australia's grades slip with international students

A new report has found fewer international students are putting Australia at the top of their favoured destinations.

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Warning teacher shortages loom without more prep time

Warning teacher shortages loom without more prep time

Unpaid work is pushing one state's educators to the brink, new findings suggest, as a government is pressured to reduce their teaching hours.

Uni 'let Jewish students down' after pro-Palestine demo

Uni 'let Jewish students down' after pro-Palestine demo

A university failed in its handling of complaints from Jewish students over comments made during a pro-Palestine demo, the National Student Ombudsman says.

Naked principal, shared beds: religious school probed

Naked principal, shared beds: religious school probed

Teenagers at an insular church school regularly shared beds with teachers as conventional boundaries were broken, former students say.

Elite school's teacher sacked over alleged sex assaults

Elite school's teacher sacked over alleged sex assaults

A teacher has been sacked from an elite girls' school after being charged over the alleged sexual assault of a child under 17 who was under his care.

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Australia's unis make the grade on global leaderboard

Australia's unis make the grade on global leaderboard

Australia's unis make the grade on global leaderboard

Australia's unis make the grade on global leaderboard

Six Australian universities have featured in the world's top 100, according to a prestigious list, swimming against a tide of broader educational decline.

Fresh abuse charges laid against childcare worker

Fresh abuse charges laid against childcare worker

Fresh abuse charges laid against childcare worker

Fresh abuse charges laid against childcare worker

The 35-year-old man is alleged to have impacted 158 children across multiple childcare centres, as police continue to appeal for help in identifying victims.

Call for LGBTQI teens to get stronger school protection

Call for LGBTQI teens to get stronger school protection

Call for LGBTQI teens to get stronger school protection

Call for LGBTQI teens to get stronger school protection

A state review of suicide-related deaths is sparking calls for stronger protections for queer students in discrimination legislation.

Final piece in Labor's $1b childcare plan in place

Final piece in Labor's $1b childcare plan in place

Final piece in Labor's $1b childcare plan in place

Final piece in Labor's $1b childcare plan in place

Every state and territory has now agreed to a $1 billion plan for new early education centres, aiming to ease morning routines for regional families.

School screen time capped as students go back to basics

School screen time capped as students go back to basics

School screen time capped as students go back to basics

School screen time capped as students go back to basics

One state is introducing daily caps on the amount of time students spend learning with screens and online in a bid to lift educational outcomes.

'Open heart surgery' needed on education curriculum

'Open heart surgery' needed on education curriculum

'Open heart surgery' needed on education curriculum

'Open heart surgery' needed on education curriculum

Poor results in global education testing have experts calling for stronger classroom discipline and a complete overhaul of the national curriculum.

Nation-leading AI rule change for students

Nation-leading AI rule change for students

Nation-leading AI rule change for students

Nation-leading AI rule change for students

Students are set to be limited to a maximum of one take-home assessment task for their year 12 studies as the threat of AI looms.

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Hundreds of university staff to strike over AI changes

Students have been told not to attend a university campus as hundreds of staff stop work for 24 hours over concerns including artificial intelligence.

Scholarship helps disadvantaged student reach for more

He wore the same pair of shoes throughout primary school but with help from The Smith Family, James Bow is forging a new path out of poverty.

ANU sorry after ‘indefensible treatment’ of academic

An academic who levelled bullying claims at the leadership of one of Australia's most prestigious universities has received a payout and apology.

Third teachers' strike off as bitter pay dispute ends

A third statewide strike of public school teachers has been cancelled after unionised educators swung in behind a sweetened pay offer.

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Senior public servant to succeed Julie Bishop at ANU

After the controversial tenure of ex-politician Julie Bishop, the Australian National University has hired public servant Gordon de Brouwer as chancellor.

'Criminal gang': fraud claims encircle acclaimed school

An academically acclaimed private school being probed over forced labour and abuse claims uses religion as a "camouflage" for fraud, inquiry witnesses claim.

AI detection tools miss the mark for student assessment

Using artificial intelligence detection software in universities could risk undermining, rather than protecting, academic integrity.

Control tactics, abuse 'rife' at church private school

Former students and church members have detailed disturbing claims of financial, psychological and social control at a religious private school.

'Act now': assessment overhaul to curb AI in schools

One state is considering a ban on take-home testing, as authorities scramble to combat the rise of artificial intelligence in the classroom.

Pay deal caveat could backfire, principals warn

Victorian public school principals are concerned a proposal to halve staff meeting hours will come back to bite teachers as government pay talks stall.

Teachers to strike for third time as pay talks stall

Teachers will strike again as the battle between a union and a state government intensifies over a deal to improve pay and conditions.

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