Brains can sometimes enter brief periods of sleep-like activity when when they need a break from difficult tasks but this is amplified for those with ADHD, new Australian research has revealed.
Claire Sadler
Burnout is driving teachers out of WA classrooms, according to alarming new figures.
Jessica Page
WATCH: Shocking footage has emerged of students from a southern suburbs high school taunting their relief teacher, running their fingers through her hair, vaping in her face and standing on her desk.
Jessica Evensen
Despite ECU’s flashy city campus ‘hogging’ the headlines, the leafy Joondalup site was packed with visitors of all ages, many clutching flyers and merchandise as they imagined their potential futures.
Kirsty Lichtenstein
WA consent educators have praised Perth boys’ schools for contributing to healthier and more respectful relationships, but say progress is being undermined by influencers instilling sexism into their content.
Rhianna Mitchell
A southern suburbs child care provider has been slapped with a $22,500 penalty after losing track of two five-year-old children during a Scitech excursion.
Hannah Cross
Dozens of disappointed teens from WA schools will miss out on upcoming overseas school trips that have been cancelled as war in the Middle East escalates.
Bethany Hiatt
Four tips to set your child up for success from a Scitech expert.
Scitech
The final push for the project rests on the shoulders of the upcoming Parkerville Children and Youth Care Gala.
Caitlin Vinci
Research has revealed a worrying trend which could mean teenagers using meal prep plans are unknowingly missing essential calories — equivalent to skipping a meal.
More than 1.3 million students were affected after they were scheduled to begin the writing component of NAPLAN today, which is held online for students in Year 5, 7, and 9.
Wild footage has revealed the moment students were rushed out of a Sydney TAFE after a young girl was seen with a water pistol, plunging the campus into lockdown.
Alexandra Feiam
A primary school student allegedly celebrated the deaths of 15 people after the Bondi massacre according to claims made during a budget estimates hearing.
Jack Nivison and Rhiannon Lewin
The accuracy of data collected from national assessment NAPLAN is under fire after millions of students could not complete the first day of tests.
Tom Wark, Allanah Sciberras and Callum Godde
A desperate search for two international tourists who vanished in floodwaters is continuing, as police confirm a major detail in their rescue attempts.
Jack Nivison
Four teachers have been charged with assaulting three young students at a NSW school.
International university enrolments in WA have surged despite the number of overseas students in Australia falling in line with government measures to limit temporary immigration.
A before-school care provider in Perth’s south was fined thousands of dollars by the State Administrative Tribunal after a 10-year-old boy was left behind during school-drop off.
Caleb Runciman
Labor is turning to Australia’s universities in a push for more doctors and GPs as the country faces a shortfall of up to 8600 new GPs within the next two decades.
Nathan Schmidt
With NAPLAN testing threatened by strike action, state teachers have been offered an improved pay deal to bring months of angst to an end.
Tom Wark
WA’s most popular university courses for this year can be revealed - with degrees in health and sciences attracting more applications from school leavers than arts or law.
The growing number of children being sent to school who aren’t toilet trained has emerged as a key concern raised by WA principals in the first weeks of the new school year.
The former captain of a prestigious Aussie school is accused of scamming $3m from his friends in a fake betting scam.
Clareese Packer
Figures confirming that WA’s school attendance rates are the worst of all the mainland states have sparked calls for earlier intervention, but The West Australian can reveal not a single parent has been fined.
