Parents have been put on notice to prepare for childcare workers in their thousands to walk off the job, amid a stalemate with the federal government over who’ll fund their next payrise.
Red Wiggle and first-time dad Simon Pryce is seeing his job as one of Australia’s most loved children’s entertainers in a new light now that his own son is clapping along.
Childcare inquiries in Australia have reached ‘record-breaking’ levels since the government’s new rebate, but there is a worrying downside.
From bush tucker to thriving desert vegetable gardens, the Woolworths Junior Landcare grants are boosting kids’ environmental learning in some unexpected ways.
Vaccination advocates say research shows vaccination uptake in early childhood education centre staff is low and needs urgent government intervention.
Sydney childcare centres have launched fundraising appeals with some targets as high as $78,000, saying they cannot pay their staff or guarantee childcare spots.
Kids being kept away from school because of the coronavirus outbreak now have curriculum-based activities at their fingertips for free.
Cyber safety experts are alarmed after much loved children’s group The Wiggles opened an account on the video sharing app TikTok, which has an age limit of 13 and over.
A Sydney kindergarten has pleaded with parents to send toilet paper and baby wipes to school with their children until the panic-buying ‘hysteria’ dies down.
Hundreds of childcare providers that have rorted the system have been outed in a government online list. See which state had the most fraudsters.
Australia’s tutoring industry is rife with untrained and unregulated tutors, charging massive fees often without relevant Working With Children Checks or teaching degrees.
Early childcare centres in NSW are failing to meet quality standards with one expert saying many across Australia are little more than “babysitting”.
Australia’s shocking results in the well-regarded PISA report highlights the need for major reform of our education system.
A NAPLAN analysis has revealed schools and students treat their final year at primary school as a ‘gap year’ amid calls for an overhaul of the national testing system that could reverse Australia’s sliding grades.
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