Albanese praised teachers as the nation’s “best weapon against disadvantage” and credited AEU federal president Correna Haythorpe for her “relentless” advocacy in securing long-sought reforms.

Each Hamer Regional Scholarship will provide $10,000 to support students studying, living in, or from regional Victoria.

The national results, released on Wednesday, show once again that about 10% of students need additional support and about 20% developing towards expectations.

Every three years since 2004, a national sample of Year 6 and Year 10 students are assessed on their civics knowledge, skills and attitudes through a national test.

Some victims are too young to understand the implications, while others fear consequences if they refuse.

Previous research has shown how schools outsource to external providers to “fill the gap” of teachers lacking confidence and competence to provide quality health and physical education lessons.

We know children demonstrate stereotyping and prejudice from an early age and students from racial minorities are frequently targets of racism and discrimination at school.

AI systems are trained on incomprehensibly large data sets using advanced mathematics most people don’t understand.

One female teacher who has been in the profession for 14 years told us how a Year 11 boy backed her into a corner of the staff room.

Allegations surfaced suggesting that students attending the prayer room were being exposed to videos featuring controversial Muslim fundamentalist preacher Dr Zakir Naik.