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It Was At Gallipoli

Six years on, Australian Story catches up with the students and their teacher who embarked on an epic mission to the battlefields of Gallipoli and northern Europe.

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Schools welcome strong VCE results

Schools across Victoria's Wimmera-Mallee say VCE results, which came out online and via SMS yesterday, are above their expectations.

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Qld students focus on English and maths

Queensland primary school students will be taught maths and English for a minimum number of hours each week from next year.

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More language teachers needed: Union

The Queensland Teachers' Union (QTU) says state schools need more foreign language teachers.

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Record spending on schools this year: Bligh

The Queensland Government says record amounts of money are being spent on school upgrades this year.

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Canberra forum inspires young scientists

150 of Australia's brightest young scientists are being put through their paces in Canberra this week.

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Qld education changes worries rural parents group

A parents' group says changes to Qld's education system could lead to less rural children completing high school or university.

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Assault puts teacher in hospital

Investigations are continuing after the alleged assault of a teacher at a Mackay high school in north Queensland.

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Govt pledges funding for school science lab upgrades

The Queensland Government says it will use leftover school funding for further upgrades to science labs.

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One-teacher schools get extra staff

The Queensland Government has announced one-teacher schools across Queensland are to receive extra staff.

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Bullying report calls for schools to publish information

A new Queensland alliance of parents, teachers and child advocates will try to prevent 'modern' schoolyard violence.

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Catholic school teachers taking industrial action

Teachers at some Catholic Schools around Queensland are taking industrial action from today in a bid to win a better wages deal.

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Govt to probe school asbestos scare

Education Queensland (EQ) has launched an investigation into the discovery of asbestos at a north Queensland high school.

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Qld government blames contractors for schools' asbestos problems

Queensland's Attorney-General Cameron Dick says contractors, not the Government, are to blame for at least one incident involving asbestos at a north Queensland school.

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Expert downplays school asbestos risk

An occupational medicine expert says there is little chance that students at a north Queensland school have been exposed to asbestos.

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Education Minister takes teachers to IRC

Education Minister Geoff Wilson says he is taking the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) to the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) over the national testing ban. Teachers are refusing to supervise the...

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Teachers boycott 'unfair on students'

Education Minister Geoff Wilson says teachers' boycott of national testing is unfair on students.

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Union backs power to school principals expelling students

The Qld Teachers Union has welcomed a decision to give state school principals the power to expel troublesome students.

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Principals to get power to expel students

Queensland school principals will be given more powers to expel students.

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Feedback wanted on moving grade seven to high school

Queensland Education Minister Geoff Wilson says the Government is still considering when to move grade seven into the high school setting.

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