Every day missed of school is another day of learning a child may never get back.
Classroom screen time will be slashed for some of WA’s youngest students under a Cook Government push to improve kids’ learning by limiting their exposure to digital devices.
Bethany Hiatt
Heading back to school on Monday is an exciting time for Hugh Rosagro, who can’t wait to catch up with friends he hasn’t seen for two weeks and check that his class axolotls got fed over the holidays.
Matt Zis
Curtin’s vice-chancellor is putting up a fight against the State Government’s controversial plan to merge three WA public universities into a mega institution.
Caleb Runciman
The numbers all added up for Alicia Coutts, who is training to become her family’s third generation of maths teachers.
Claire Middleton
The Cook Government is forging ahead with a controversial plan to merge three of WA’s four public universities, appointing an expert panel to drive a business case.
Joe Spagnolo
Motorists are being warned that police will be cracking down on reckless drivers who speed through school zones as thousands of kids return to classes for the start of term.
The head of School Sport WA claims the Education Department is using it as a scapegoat to bolster its decision to take over management of all student sporting competitions.
Australia’s second-richest woman will put more than $500m into her own philanthropic vehicle Coaxial to help address “devastation” in communities across the country.
Adrian Lowe
Denmark’s WA College of Agricultural have cemented its place at the top of WA’s agricultural skills competition, claiming their fifth overall title at the 2026 Farm Skills competition.
Amy Towers
Golden canola fields, curious visitors, and a poddy calf named Winston set the scene as the WA College of Agriculture — Narrogin opened its gates for a day of celebration.
A teacher has been sacked from an elite girls' school after being charged over the alleged sexual assault of a child under 17 who was under his care.
Melissa Meehan
After more than 20 years of being a “professional aunty” to hundreds of young Albany children, a dedicated family day care educator has been named the best in the region.
Melissa Sheil
Australian primary school teachers have detailed a ‘toxic’ culture of harmful body and diet-related conversations in school staff rooms, which experts warn could be filtering down to students.
Rhianna Mitchell
More than 1000 UWA students gathered at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday night for a popular event on the uni social calendar.
Zach Margolius
Curtin Vice Chancellor Harlene Hayne has launched a pre-emptive strike on the Cook Government’s secret plans to force three of the State’s universities to merge into one giant institution.
A ray of sunshine has hit Perth with homegrown musical theatre darling Lucy Durack’s return to headline Aluminate 2026, Edith Cowan University’s annual celebration of alumni excellence.
Tanya MacNaughton
Narrogin Senior High School is opening up a range of pathways for their students’ futures, allowing senior students to get out of the classroom and get hands-on experience in the world of work.
Jacki Elezovich
About 250 people went back to the classroom as Newdegate Primary School celebrated its centenary in style on Friday.
Slapping a ban on smart glasses is the easy part — policing it will be another matter.
The Education Department will take on the task of managing all sporting competitions for students across the State in the wake of an investigation at School Sport WA.
New Australian research finds students’ sense of belonging and relationships at school are more strongly linked to future wellbeing than a range of other school characteristics.
A public high school in Perth’s south has ditched house faction names commemorating ships linked to British colonisation of WA, partly because of their ‘deep pain’ for Aboriginal people.
A school in the heart of Fremantle has gone full blown Dockers mad ahead of the Grand Final.
Brooke Rolfe
