Education
Unravelling top schools unit’s network of consultants and 1400 contingent workers
On Thursday, the ICAC heard evidence from Michael Palassis, head of consulting firm Paxon Group, which was awarded a lucrative contract with School Infrastructure when the agency was first set up.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Education
School suspensions beget more suspensions. It’s rare that they fix student behaviour
When I worked as a school principal, literally nothing in the job robbed me of more sleep than when I had to suspend students.
- by Adam Voigt
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Rottnest Island school camps more affordable for WA parents under new scheme
A subsidy of up to $150 will help families who otherwise may not have been able to give their child the chance to join arguably one of the state’s more expensive school excursions.
- by Holly Thompson
‘No secrets in there’: The photos and the files at centre of ICAC inquiry
A former contractor to the NSW schools building unit has conceded to a corruption watchdog he should have deleted files he downloaded before going on to tender for a lucrative contract with the agency.
- by Christopher Harris
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University
I thought dating my uni tutor made me special. For him, it was a pattern
At the time, it didn’t feel particularly sordid, given there were only a handful of years between us in age. But later, I began to reflect on the inequity of power.
- by Madison Griffiths
‘Stark’ figures reveal hundreds of WA teachers burned out and resigned in 2024
New figures revealed in parliament show hundreds of teachers cited stress or burnout as a reason for their resignation in exit surveys.
- by Holly Thompson
Inside the ‘clown show’: ICAC grills school unit’s $2800-a-day executive
The former boss of the NSW school building unit approved a cycling friend’s $2800-a-day job without declaring a conflict of interest, the watchdog has heard.
- by Lucy Carroll
‘Cut the fluff’: Fixing primary school maths one problem at a time
Australia has a problem with maths teaching. Now, using explicit and systematic new tools, schools are helping each other come up with the solution.
- by Nicole Precel
Annie was 17 when she slept on a park bench. All she cared about was school the next day
School was tough the day after Annie Leutenmayr slept on a park bench in Melbourne’s CBD. But the 17-year-old wasn’t going to miss it.
- by Nicole Precel
‘It was dodgy’: ICAC told of concerns over multimillion-dollar schools contract
An education official says she warned top executives in School Infrastructure about a contract, and that “the whole process was wrong”, but that she got the brush-off.
- by Lucy Carroll
Student loses court bid to stop Newington becoming co-ed
The 162-year-old college plans to admit girls in the junior school from next year and become a fully co-ed by 2033.
- by Lucy Carroll
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