A report on the Queensland Government's plan to lift education standards in primary schools has found there has been little progress on science testing.

A Queensland Health worker says there are still high rates of middle-ear disease in Indigenous children in the state's remote communities.

A meeting will be held today at the Sunshine Coast Grammar School to discuss union concerns about the jobs of teaching staff.

Teachers will not be forced to move schools every 10 years under a planned shake-up of the SA public school recruitment system.

Education Queensland (EQ) says it is moving to replace the principal at Townsville's Belgian Gardens State School in the state's north after he was arrested on child pornography charges.

Teachers at the Hunter Trade College in Maitland are planning further industrial action this week over pay and work conditions.

The SA Education Department is investigating the Coober Pedy Area School's assistant principal for speaking publicly about her concerns at the school.

Teachers at UniSA's Adelaide campuses are striking for 24 hours in their pay and conditions dispute.

QTU says Education Department is encouraging trial by media about suspension of two teachers.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says a re-elected Labor Government would spend more money encouraging professionals to become classroom teachers.

The Victorian Government says glitches with a new online forum yesterday were an unfortunate coincidence.

Two Qld state school teachers have been suspended over has been described as "serious allegations of inappropriate behaviour".

Did humans live at the same time as dinosaurs? The answer is of course no, but about a third of Australians got it wrong in a recent survey.

The Teachers Federation says local schools may be among the last to get their un-flued gas heaters removed.

Teachers at the Hunter Trade College in Maitland will walk off the job for four hours this morning in a dispute over working conditions.

A New South Wales Parliamentary committee has heard teachers are struggling to meet the needs of students with special needs and disabilities.

Teachers are appealing for the next head of the education department to be someone who comes from an educational rather than an administrative background.

Education Minister Geoff Wilson says between 70 and 80 extra teachers will be needed to reintroduce foreign language studies in Queensland schools.

A collaboration between the Ballarat University and the Australian Catholic University is tipped to increase their capacity for teaching and research.

The issue of further training for teachers across the state was discussed at the New South Wales Teachers Federation in Sydney this week.