Education

At the start of 2023, experts warned ChatGPT would swamp schools in a wave of cheating. With the academic year wrapping up, we asked students what really happened.

NSW has seen a jump of 37 per cent on last year, while Queensland and Victoria have seen similar jumps as well. Dr Rebecca English says there are a variety of factors.

Schoolies on the Gold Coast — once synonymous with drunken debauchery — takes a wholesome turn, with fewer school leavers writing themselves off, even on the historically wild first night of celebrations.

Faced with the constant threat of Russian air strikes, officials in eastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region have begun building heavily fortified underground schools that will allow children to safely return to in-person studies.

Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) students who were forced to take an amended Chinese language exam after it was accidentally given to a different class complain of a further stuff-up with the test.

In response to increasing censorship in the United States, pop star Pink is giving away 2,000 copies of books banned in Florida — the state that has cracked down hardest on public schools and libraries this year. 

Families in Western Australia's historic mining city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder have been on waiting lists for childcare placements for more than two years, according to a new survey.   

The Federal Treasurer published the Government's vision for a revived Productivity Commission, of which economist Danielle Wood is the new chair.

After the disability royal commission called for the phasing out of special schools, it put the spotlight on how mainstream education could support more students with disability.

Students and parents are calling for more transparency and adequate solutions from the VCE authority after at least two high schools gave Chinese language students the wrong exam paper this week.

Pasifika people are generous people – their commitment to serving and supporting others is central to their identities. But that generosity comes at a cost.

One of Brisbane's most exclusive girls' private schools is facing legal action from a former student alleging she was sexually abused by a former staff member in the 1980s.

SA public school teachers are taking part in another strike, in a bid to push the state government for better pay and conditions.

With her son missing weeks of school at a time, Georgina Ker followed the "tough love" prescription she was told would remedy her son's "behaviour problem". A new survey has found more than one-in-three parents have reported school refusal with their children in the past year. 

The SA government says its latest pay offer is the "largest" ever made to the state's public school teachers — but the union says it treats them with "contempt".

A review of public education chaired by former premier Carmen Lawrence makes a scathing assessment of NAPLAN, calling for it to be replaced by an internationally recognised alternative. 

It's not a typical lesson, but the ocean is teaching these year 10 students how to look after each other in the surf.

Susannah is one of the thousands of young Australians who have struggled to see a school psychologist. And as the load gets heavier, experts say too much is being expected of teachers who are trying to respond to complex mental health challenges.

Amelie Borg was just 17 when she was drafted to play AFLW alongside her idols at Port Adelaide, and hasn't missed a game since. She tells Kate O'Halloran why she never dreamed of being a footballer, and didn't bother watching the draft. 

Australian of the Year and fierce body activist Taryn Brumfitt launches new program aimed at early educators to help prevent body image issues developing in kids as young as eight years old.

A 38-year-old man pleads guilty to kidnapping a young girl as she walked to school, an act that triggered a frantic search for her in Perth's southern suburbs.

South Australian public school teachers vote to strike again next week if the state government does not increase its pay offer — but the union says students preparing for Year 12 exams will not be adversely impacted.

Agriculture teachers across the country are trying to make a career in the industry something to aspire to with a range of programs to think about jobs to assist farmers, the supply chain and even how to make the perfect coffee.

A University of Technology Sydney academic helps expand the Murrin Bridge community preschool and community services hub after discovering his ancestral connection to the former Indigenous mission on his 40th birthday.

The Queensland government says it is considering appointing a local decision-making body for the 1,200-person community — a key recommendation of the report.