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Student screen time capped to as little as 15 minutes in NSW as test results fall
25+ min ago (458+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:46am School students will be limited to as little as 15 minutes of screen time per day in NSW classrooms as the Minns government seeks to arrest the alarming drop in Australia’s global reading and writing standards. The new policy, announced…...
NSW to introduce school screen limits amid poor results
51+ min ago (37+ words) The NSW government will introduce daily screen time limits across public schools following poor education results. September 13, 2026 — 10:20am...
‘Come and have another go’: The private schools offering second-chance scholarships
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (818+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am The mark level crossing supervisor Terry Bux left on the St Michael’s Grammar community after he died unexpectedly is both big and small. There is a tiny indent in the concrete render of the school’s front fence in St…...
‘Spat the dummy’: Strikes, work bans at major Brisbane universities
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (504+ words) September 10, 2026 — 4:05pm A Brisbane university has brought in the Fair Work Commission into pay negotiations, despite claims from the union the university had yet to tell its workforce what it wanted from the deal. Staff at all three major Brisbane universities…...
Australian school disruption: Why classrooms are among the most disordered in the world according to PISA data
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (547+ words) September 9, 2026 — 5:00am Australian classrooms remain among the most disruptive in the world because of noise, disorder and distraction caused by digital devices, the latest report card ranking school systems around the world has found. Students reported a less positive “disciplinary climate…...
Education, strike, rights
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (929+ words) Even though it is also starting to have –needless to say– its deniers, the PISA report continues to be a reliable and reference instrument in the educational field. The dismal results obtained by the Spanish state in the latest edition,…...
Classroom screen time quietly driving down Victorian student results
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (1014+ words) September 8, 2026 — 5:48pm More than a quarter of Victoria’s 15-year-olds lack the foundational maths skills needed for further education or work and one in five is falling short in reading as Australia records its worst results in both subjects since international testing…...
Australian students’ reading and maths results plunge in global rankings
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (1040+ words) September 8, 2026 — 5:30pm Australian high school students have recorded their worst maths and reading results in international tests, and 15-year-olds are now two and a half years behind teenagers who went to school at the turn of the millennium. Programme for International…...
Our tower of learning is leaning. Improving results is difficult but possible
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (501+ words) September 8, 2026 — 6:00pm Spare a thought for Australia’s 15-year-olds. Life can be hard enough without representing the nation in international maths, science and reading tests, and then falling short of the 15-year-olds who attended school at the turn of the millennium by…...
Inside Melbourne universities’ plans to future-proof degrees and jobs
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (1161+ words) Universities in Melbourne are launching start-ups, embracing industry on campus and positive uses of AI as their students integrate with businesses and the community. Melbourne’s biggest universities will launch dozens of start-ups each year in a bid to lift innovation…...