10’000 Hours/Getty Images Getting the kids out the door for school can feel like herding cats in the rain. Just when one child is ready, another can’t find a shoe,

Westend61/ Getty Images For Year 12 students, final exams are getting closer and applications for university and other courses are opening. So naturally, conversations at home and with wider family

Alistair Berg/Getty Images The federal government has announced a new “safeguard” around how funding is spent to support school students with disabilities. The budget papers say there is an issue

Getty Images The government’s decision to scrap the one-year fees-free tertiary scheme in this month’s Budget will be contentious. Some will see it as a sensible saving, others as another

Rachel Claire/ Pexels As Year 12 students pass the halfway point of their final year, the question of “what next?” can start to loom large. Some students have a clear

Maskot/ Getty Images Governments have spent about a year announcing new policies to make early education safer for Australian children. In the wake of reports of shocking abuse and neglect

This week, US-based education technology provider Instructure announced a significant cybersecurity incident affecting its Canvas system. This is used by schools and universities around the world, including in Australia. Cyber

Andresr/Getty Images Across Australia, Year 6 families are doing the rounds of high school open nights, information evenings and tours. Perhaps in your area, you don’t get a choice of

Sol Stock/ Getty Images Across Australia, universities and governments say increasing the numbers of Indigenous graduates is one of the main priorities in tertiary education. First Nations people are still

SDI Productions/ Getty Images It’s the time of year when schools and parents typically meet for parent-teacher interviews. These meetings are often short: in high school, usually only five to