Education
‘We haven’t looked back’: How these eight schools are turning around results
It started with one humble Central Coast school. Now a teaching revolution is sweeping the district.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Failing childcare centres will get grace period before funding is pulled
Child safety advocates say the bill introduced to parliament on Wednesday will not fix the systemic problems facing the sector.
- by Nick Newling and Nicole Precel
Perth private school’s multimillion-dollar upgrade to pool at ‘end of its useful life’
Wesley College plans to replace its current swimming pool with a new facility that is “commensurate with the expectations of the community”.
- by Holly Thompson
Home-school overhaul welcomed as state bows to parent power
Home-school parents have had their calls for a system overhaul answered after they railed against an earlier decision to force them to teach to the curriculum.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
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Education
WA schools ‘left in limbo’ while major review in the lurch: opposition
The state’s opposition and advocates are calling on Education Minister Sabine Winton to release the findings as a matter of urgency.
- by Holly Thompson
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Childcare
Why parents are kept in dark about alleged abusers at childcare providers
While thousands of parents were told about a Victorian daycare worker, details of a recent case in Sydney remain shrouded in secrecy.
- by Amber Schultz
High spirits on the high seas for adventurous students
Wide-eyed and wind-swept, Dylan and his classmates from Officer Specialist School stretched their horizons on an ocean racing yacht.
- by Nicole Precel
Editorial
Education
Decision to scrap Westmead school lacks foresight
NSW has repeatedly failed to build school infrastructure before housing.
- The Herald's View
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Schools
Plans for school in booming suburb ditched, despite $20 million already spent
Westmead residents were promised a second primary school for their rapidly growing suburb. But between a change in government and an ICAC mention, they won’t be getting one.
- by Anthony Segaert
From bluey to bogans: Researchers who help define how the nation speaks to lose their jobs
For almost 40 years, the words the nation uses in speech, newspapers and books has been mapped by a small team at the Australian National Dictionary Centre.
- by Christopher Harris
Melbourne Uni professor sacked over ‘mawkish’ romantic messages wins his job back
Professor Stephan Matthai was dismissed for inappropriate behaviour towards a female PhD student seven years earlier.
- by Nicole Precel
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