March
Foreign investors banned: What else is in it for you
From a ban on foreign investors buying existing houses to pork-barrelling road projects in marginal electorates, here’s a sector breakdown of the budget.
Labor’s education report card is one step forward, two steps back
Efforts to put strict conditions on additional school funding to the states to improve outcomes have already been undercut by creating an alibi for failure.
After months of resistance, Qld signs on to $2.8b schools package
Australia’s schools will benefit from a $30 billion boost to funding over the next decade after Queensland was the final state to sign up to a national plan.
This school may have the answer to improving kids’ maths
Teachers can now sign up for a new program from La Trobe University to teach them how to teach the subject – and not before time.
Albanese gets NSW over the line on school funding deal
It’s been over a year of negotiations but the federal government now has all states and territories signed on for a new school funding deal – except one.
February
Parents continue shift to private schools
The rising tide of families electing to send their children to private schools has accelerated since COVID-19.
How not to waste Gonski school funding
Additional federal money may unfortunately extend and expand inefficient and ineffective practices rather than lift the quality of teaching.
Bigger story behind Sanjeev Gupta’s faltering empire
Readers’ letters on the need for a new model of capitalism; improving students’ literacy; culture wars hurting innovation; CBA’s share price; and robot dogs.
No, minister – the reading wars are not over
Jason Clare has embraced evidence-based reading instruction, but the Australian school curriculum is holding our education system back.
School retention, attendance rates continue to trend downwards
Fewer students are staying at school until the end and too many don’t turn up for class. Mental health is part of the problem.
December 2024
Private school fees to rise at almost triple the rate of inflation
Prestigious schools have been gradually contacting parents over the past few weeks announcing new fee schedules for 2025.
November 2024
How this music tech start-up attracted Sony as anchor investor
An online portal of ready-made music lessons that any primary school teacher can use has won a major investor.
September 2024
The cost of sending your child to a private school – in seven charts
Just one year of tuition at a top-range private school will set you back at least $40,000, but demand keeps growing.
The suburbs where nearly every child goes to a private school
In some suburbs, parents don’t ask whether to go public or private; it’s more a question of which private school to send their kids to.
August 2024
Winning strategy: Remarkable results lifting HSC scores by 50pc
Comment provided by the winner of the Community Engagement category, the University of Newcastle.
A 50pc improvement: Unis turn the tide on disadvantage
The winner of the community engagement category is reversing the fortunes of disadvantaged children in a partnership that has lifted HSC results.
Winning strategy: Giving students the best chance of success
Comment provided by the winner of the equity and access award, University of Newcastle.
‘They do it tough’: Universities welcome disadvantaged Australians
Bridging courses pave the way to university for students without high-school qualifications, and the Equity winner has been doing it for decades.
This school has joined the education revolution. What about your kids?
Australian schools are finally catching up with teaching that works after a multibillion-dollar boost to student funding failed to lift learning outcomes.
NAPLAN puts schools in remedial class
The hopes that the $319b Gonski funding revolution would turn around the worst-performing students are turning into one of the great public policy debacles.