5+ hour, 50+ min ago   (429+ words) New research shows delaying smartphones across a school's entire cohort reduces mental health problems, giving leaders evidence as new guidance on smartphones in the UK looms. The working paper, released by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), found that when…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (534+ words) A data breach at Australian-founded learning platform Mathspace has exposed personal information belonging to more than 1 million students, parents and school staff across Australia and New Zealand, with the company confirming attackers exploited a critical software vulnerability that sat unpatched…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (463+ words) As Australia's education policymakers debate the use of AI in the nation's classrooms, Norway is cracking down on its elementary students from using the technology, with the country's PM warning that it increases the risk that young children skip important…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1632+ words) The classrooms that run smoothest tend to have one thing in common: a teacher who's had a real say in how things are done. And as Australia's schools juggle an ever-growing list of complex, exhausting demands, it's the people on…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1145+ words) Some schools spend years chasing a single award. Haileybury picked up eight in one night. For Haileybury’s CEO and Principal, Derek Scott, who accepted the same award at the inaugural Australian Education Awards back in 2018, the experience might have felt…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (517+ words) Social media platforms are deliberately amplifying misogynistic content to teenage boys, and the consequences are showing up in Australian classrooms. That is the central argument Chanel Contos, chief executive of Teach Us Consent, put to the National Press Club in…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (586+ words) Across Australia, AI tools are landing in classrooms faster than schools can train teachers to use them. Research shows that about two-thirds (66%) of Australian lower secondary teachers now use AI in the classroom — well above the OECD average of 36% — yet…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (803+ words) Australian school leaders are navigating a widening resource gap every day. A new national coalition wants to change the system that created it. Schools for All Australia launched publicly on 1 September 2026, following a webinar attended by more than 500 educators, researchers…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (834+ words) The more kids use screens, the more their results decline, Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has warned after Australian students recorded their worst ever scores in maths and reading. The results from the 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) assessment,…...