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Schools need standards to support students after harm

Schools need standards to support students after harm

Australia's education ministers are being called on to create national standards for schools to support young victim-survivors who experience sexual harm.

Bring-your-own tech ditched in fresh school crackdown

Bring-your-own tech ditched in fresh school crackdown

Bring-your-own tech ditched in fresh school crackdown

Bring-your-own tech ditched in fresh school crackdown

A state government is further pushing a digital retreat in its classrooms, reversing a flagship technology policy in public schools.

Families unable to afford school education supplies

Families unable to afford school education supplies

Families unable to afford school education supplies

Families unable to afford school education supplies

Families are struggling to afford necessities for their children's education as costs continue to increase for school supplies, groceries and rent.

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System silos are harming sexual abuse survivors

System silos are harming sexual abuse survivors

Regulators are pushing for urgent systemic change, as Australia's sexual violence commissioner warns that a lack of coordination is hurting victims.

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.

Rural medical students are just what the doctor ordered

Rural medical students are just what the doctor ordered

Two young medical students are helping rural teenagers get into university as country high schools face science teacher shortages and bush hospitals shrink.

Winds 'one to 1000' before jumping castle tragedy

Winds 'one to 1000' before jumping castle tragedy

A former teacher and inflatable equipment worker have given their accounts of a jumping castle tragedy in which six primary school children died.

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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.

Resource hub to keep children safe from sexual harm

Resource hub to keep children safe from sexual harm

Resource hub to keep children safe from sexual harm

Resource hub to keep children safe from sexual harm

A hub supporting young people's sexual safety will equip them, their parents and practitioners with resources to recognise or respond to harmful behaviours.

'Yum': Teacher jailed for having sex with student

'Yum': Teacher jailed for having sex with student

'Yum': Teacher jailed for having sex with student

'Yum': Teacher jailed for having sex with student

A former teacher has been sentenced for having sex with a 17-year-old student and sexually touching a younger student after exchanging explicit messages online.

Serbia celebrates as Vucic concedes defeat in election

Serbia celebrates as Vucic concedes defeat in election

Serbia celebrates as Vucic concedes defeat in election

Serbia celebrates as Vucic concedes defeat in election

The streets of Belgrade erupted in wild scenes of celebration after Serbia's long-serving leader, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat in a historic election.

Call for politician ban after 'grubby' Christmas post

Call for politician ban after 'grubby' Christmas post

Call for politician ban after 'grubby' Christmas post

Call for politician ban after 'grubby' Christmas post

A premier's social media comments accusing a school of cancelling Christmas have sparked a heated debate, calls for an apology and for politicians to stay away.

Warning teacher shortages loom without more prep time

Warning teacher shortages loom without more prep time

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

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.

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Macron vows rioters will pay after French street unrest

Rioters will be punished and held to account, French President Emmanuel Macron says after police made more than 2000 arrests across the country.

Labor urged to axe faith school bill exemption

Advocates have welcomed an independent MP's bill to amend laws that allow religious schools to sack teachers or expel students over marital status or sexuality.

Stoush brewing over mega-university plan

University workers will fight a plan to create a mega-uni from three state institutions, but a state government says it's the only way to remain competitive.

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.

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'A calling': women's work strengthens rural Australia

A farmer finding the sector's next generation and an academic training rural first responders have been honoured for work to make country communities stronger.

Industry wants visas for skills that 'really matter'

Prospective migrants wanting to travel to Australia for apprenticeships should be eligible for student visas, business leaders argue.

'Substantial human flourishing' could come from AI use

One of the government's sharpest minds, Andrew Leigh, believes AI has the potential to raise living standards and create a more equal society.

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.

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

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.

From the bush to the Opera House, choir raises the roof

A youth choir program that runs across 80 remote communities is celebrating two decades of changing rural children's lives through the power of music.

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