A much-loved former principal has tragically lost his life in a freak accident at a school in Melbourne’s west. Paul Hogan, 61, was collecting balls from the roof of St Margaret’s Primary School in Spotswood when he fell 3m onto the concrete ground about 2.30pm on Thursday. Mr Hogan sufferedContinue Reading
The Australian science curriculum is limiting Australian students’ capabilities to learn and adequately retain knowledge. A report by an Australian educational advisory group, Learning First, indicated that Australian students from Foundation to Year 10 are learning significantly less than their international peers. CEO of Learning First, Dr Ben Jensen, stressedContinue Reading
A 28-year plan to scrap special schools that split disability royal commissioners earlier this week is “wildly inadequate” and the current school system perpetuates a “cycle of segregation”, Greens disability spokesman Senator Jordon Steele-John has said. The division among six commissioners over the future of special schools was one ofContinue Reading
A 14-year-old boy with no known prior medical history has died suddenly in his sleep. William Pfeiffer, from Queenstown, Adelaide, spent his final hours at his grandparents’ house last Sunday, when he fell asleep and didn’t wake up. His devastated parents, Karen Lynch and Mike Shaw, said William was aContinue Reading
Welcome to Ask Doctor Zac, a weekly column from news.com.au. This week, Dr Zac Turner explains in practical terms about abortion. Question: Hi Dr Zac, I was brought up in the Catholic school system in Melbourne, and one subject we were never taught was abortions (for obvious reasons). I amContinue Reading
A Queensland mum has slammed a teacher for refusing to open a snack in her son’s lunchbox because she deemed it “unhealthy”. Ashley Griffiths, known on TikTok as Ashy Anne, shared the exchange with her 330,000 followers in a viral video. “Yesterday, I sent my kid to school with aContinue Reading
His big smile totally makes cents. The California resident who became an overnight millionaire after winning the $3 billion (US$2 billion) Powerball prize flashed a wide grin as he was spotted dipping into his large fortune on Wednesday, the New York Post reports. Edwin Castro was photographed taking out aContinue Reading
A confronting video filmed by students at an Adelaide high school is part of a trend of violent incidents in the state’s school system. The shocking footage was filmed on the grounds of one of the state’s largest public schools, Mark Oliphant College, on Monday and quickly went viral onContinue Reading
A new campaign is set to shift the way we view the role of teachers in Australia by highlighting the realities of the profession in 2023. News Corp Australia – in partnership with ANZ, Teachers Mutual Bank, Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools and Care For Kids – will launch Australia’s BestContinue Reading
A growing number of Victorian students have begun refusing to attend school after enduring six lockdowns throughout the pandemic. The phenomenon is known as school refusal and involves children developing such deep anxiety, they feel unable to attend their classes or campus. John Chellew, who runs the School Refusal ClinicContinue Reading