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Teachers, principals and support workers throng the streets of Melbourne on Tuesday protesting pay, conditions and schools funding.

Pay gap for classroom assistants emerges as flashpoint in Victorian teacher dispute

Education support workers have been offered a lower pay rise than their teaching colleagues.

  • Noel Towell

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Parents are being abusive and demanding towards teachers and making extreme demands on their time.

Banning aggro parents from schools is a good move. But don’t stop there

Parents are mad and getting madder. Some are angry and violent. They are putting teachers at risk. But this is far from the only problem our educators are confronting.

  • Jenna Price
Children’s brains are hardwired to learn, and learn fast.

Allow students to use this ‘sneaky drug’, just not at assessment time

We should welcome AI into all aspects of learning, but we’re already playing catch-up when it comes to restricting it from all forms of assessment.

  • Ed Cavanough
Teacher Stephanie Jandula.

They want to teach, but they say WorkCover claim delays are making them sicker

Teachers say they find it very difficult to get WorkCover for bullying, stress and burnout, which means they’re languishing on waiting lists rather than in the classroom.

  • Nicole Precel
The average ATAR for teaching students was 71, compared to the university average of 78.

Revealed: Hundreds of school-leavers with ATARs of less than 50 offered teaching spots

A leading education academic says the ‘downward trend’ is ‘concerning’.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Australian Education Union Victorian branch president Justin Mullaly leads a teachers protest at Ben Carroll’s office in Niddrie. 19 June 2025.

State school teachers threaten to strike as pay talks stall

The teachers’ union says members will stay home from 1600 government schools next month without concessions from the state government on pay.

  • Noel Towell and Jackson Graham
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The state government is being criticised for its schools funding.

History teachers are terrified by new hate speech laws, with good reason

Could explaining historical antisemitism be perceived as vilifying Jewish people? Newly enacted NSW laws could lead to silence.

  • Claire Golledge
A male teacher can now reapply for his license after having it stripped for misconduct with female year 11 and 12 students.

One-month ban for teacher accused of inappropriate conduct

A Queensland teacher accused of attempting to kiss a student and sending inappropriate messages has been given a pathway to return to the classroom.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
More parents are homeschooling their children instead.

Nearly two dozen illegal schools exposed in crackdown

Victoria’s education registration body unmasked 23 entities potentially operating unregistered, illegal schools after receiving more than two dozen complaints.

  • Caroline Schelle
Miss, Miss, Miss ... what’s in an honorific?

Am I a Miss, Ms or Mrs? This teacher’s had some near Misses

Women have enough decisions to make, let alone choosing which cultural undertones they want attached to their names.

  • Cherie Gilmour