Schools

The NT government has committed to rolling out a specialist mental health education framework in all of its schools from next year. Tailored to the needs of territory kids, teachers and principals say it helps support the "emotional wellbeing" of students.

An ambulance spokesman says the students reportedly ingested an unknown substance from a bag, and paramedics arrived to find one of the teens vomiting.

More scorching hot weather is on the cards for Perth, just days after another heatwave broke weather records across Western Australia.

Limited access to public transport causes headaches for families as parents scramble to secure a seat for their children.

Families in Victoria's regional growth corridors are increasingly competing for school bus seats with no public transport options to fall back on, with some clocking-up 500 kilometres of car travel each week.

About 4,000 kids from remote Australia rely on boarding schools to finish their education, but even at more affordable schools, fees are climbing. The federal government has offered a new scholarship to help, but only for a fraction of students from remote parts of the country.

There was a major development around funding for public schools this week. Let us break it down for you.

Survivors of institutional childhood sexual abuse have launched a class action against one of Australia's most prominent sexual abuse law firms, which they say failed to obtain proper compensation from the institutions responsible for their abuse.

The agreement is the first of eight that need to be negotiated with state and territory governments this year.

Thousands of students face a revolving door of relief teachers, cancelled subjects or being split into separate classes due to ongoing teacher shortages.

My son, along with tens of thousands of other Australian kids, is about to formally leave the land of childhood and go to secondary school next week, and a clean-out of many of his kindergarten things felt long overdue, writes Virginia Trioli.

Emily McLaren needs $12,000 to go to an American space camp. Recycling about 60,000 containers will help her save for half of it. 

Going back to school can be an anxiety-inducing experience for many children. Across Aussie primary and high schools, a growing number are refusing to go all together.

More parents than ever are turning to charities for assistance to help afford school basics, from the right uniforms and shoes, to extensive textbook and stationery lists.

Parents are being squeezed by the cost of sending kids to school, whether their children are attending public or private, according to two new studies.

For the first time in decades, university enrolment is in decline, with many school leavers wondering if years of higher education is financially viable.

Lilla Pearl Coffey says high school graduates of 2023 "can't afford" to find themselves at university. 

With cost-of-living pressures at an all-time high, charities are bracing for increased demand for education essentials.

Emma Glenfield wants to know why magpies swoop. She's conducting some cutting-edge research — and displaying her results with Lego.

The state's Department for Education says the new ban is working, but experts aren't convinced.

When Ayla was diagnosed with Leukaemia earlier this year, one of her biggest worries was falling behind at school.

Jack Gower, 10, wants other kids with ADHD to know about his recycling enterprise so he can show them what they can use their extra energy for.

After a controversial Netflix drama triggered a debate about schoolyard bullies in South Korea, this private detective has been inundated with queries from concerned parents asking him to tail their children.

It comes as the number of students at the school in western Victoria dwindled.

An alternative education approach, along with a focus on inclusiveness and wellbeing, helps to attract new students to a small country school in Victoria, while 50 kilometres away, it's the end of an era for a 165-year-old school.