How schools are teaching sporty girls to quit
Girls are dropping out of sport faster than their male classmates, and experts say it’s because their teachers are sending them very different messages.
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Revealed: When mid-year intakes will return at SA schools
Is your child born between May 1 and October 31? Then there’s good news coming for you, with mid-year intakes returning to SA public schools and preschools.
Fourth top college principal quits Adelaide school
The principal of Sacred Heart College is leaving for another growing Adelaide school, making him the latest in a series of top-level changes.
PAC plans three-storey carpark for old BOM
A Kent Town building at the heart of a failed heritage-listing bid could soon become a multimillion-dollar carpark for one of the state’s richest schools.
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Search every SA school’s student/teacher ratio
Which schools are top of the class for student/teacher ratios? We’ve charted enrolment and teacher numbers for every SA school – public and private, primary and secondary – so you can see the drastic differences and how your kids’ school compares.
The top 10 worst resourced schools revealed
Education experts want action on Aussie class sizes, with global data showing our primary schools are bursting as our top ten worst resourced schools were revealed. SEE HOW YOUR STATE COMPARES
‘Laugh or heave’: Mem Fox’s verdict on NAPLAN
Possum Magic author Mem Fox has unleashed on NAPLAN saying it demeans teachers, is a strain on kids, and one aspect of the national testing is “so ridiculous it just makes me want to either laugh or heave”.
Where SA ranks in NAPLAN results
SA students have scored above the national average in one school subject — but in 19 of the 20 tests our results left us lagging behind the rest of the country. See how each year level performed.
Tech glitches force 50,000 NAPLAN re-sits
NAPLAN students had the “pretty traumatic” experience of tech issues in more than 50,000 assessments this year, the testing authority has revealed, with the writing exam suffering the most problems.
Teachers reveal hidden NAPLAN truths
Australian teachers have revealed what parents must know about the controversial NAPLAN tests and what they show about their children.
Regional school is class above its statewide rivals
An SA country primary school is defying the odds to record some of the best NAPLAN results in the country.
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