Where flames once licked at the fence line, chickens cluck as kids pick snow peas from the garden. The families of Mogo Public School still carry trauma from Black Summer, but students are all smiles as they get ready to go back to class.
More than 1300 under-18s have signed up to protect their communities from bushfire with the Rural Fire Service. Meet some of the kids putting their lives on the line.
The results of a study into links between students’ NAPLAN results, screen time and mental health could make their mark across state borders, with state and federal officials urging the rest of Australia to pay attention.
2GB host Ben Fordham has slammed a student walkout as “first world problems” as hundreds of furious high schoolers left their classrooms in a bid to save their senior campus.
‘Embarrassingly’ few Australian kids know enough about our democratic institutions and their own civic duty, new national testing reveals. Take the quiz yourself to see how you’d stack up.
New figures have revealed a growing problem for NSW public schools, ringing alarm bells over the future funding of schools.
A 53-year-old northern Sydney woman has been released on bail after allegedly vandalising bathrooms in CommBank Stadium and a local shopping centre with anti-Arab slurs nine times in seven months.
Seven-time surfing world champion Layne Beachley found inspiration in several mentors as she grew up hitting the waves at Manly. Now, she’s doing the same for a new generation of athletes.
The Education Minister wants to see more uni crests than ‘golden arches’ popping up in Western Sydney, pouring money into new study hubs to connect locals with higher education.
Australia’s online safety regulator has revealed reports of cyberbullying have increased five-fold in the last five years, with two ages most at risk.
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