Selective schools
- Editorial
- Education
Why parents vote with their wallets to get kids into selective school
The state has created a two-tier public education system. But at what cost?
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‘It’s a bit extreme’: Manha’s gruelling daily routine ahead of the selective schools test
Some 17,559 children will sit the selective school test this week for 4200 places. Ninety per cent of them have been coached.
- Frances Howe
Families pay up to $20,000 to tutor children for select-entry school exams
As thousands of Victorian students prepare for the select-entry schools entrance exam, there are calls for reform to the admissions process and the tutoring industry.
- Noel Towell
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- Education
The ‘fully funded’ Sydney selective school desperate for donations
One of Sydney’s top-performing public schools will seek to cut costs and ask parents to pay more after its budget was slashed.
- Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
Former education chief’s call to curb new selective schools
Michele Bruniges will use a speech at The Sydney Morning Herald Schools Summit on Wednesday to outline how public schools disproportionately educate disadvantaged students.
- Christopher Harris
How Melbourne’s selective schools stack up academically
The four select-entry public schools outperform many of their high-fee paying rivals – but are not without their critics.
- Alex Crowe
Wealthy families dominate Melbourne’s best public schools
Select-entry government schools are supposed to be the great equaliser, but very few disadvantaged kids go to them.
- Alex Crowe
Revealed: The top Sydney school caught in racism storm
The former principal of James Ruse has spoken to parents over the use of overtly racist language, including the N-word and students being called “slaves”.
- Christopher Harris
New James Ruse principal poached from top rival school
North Sydney Boys deputy Matthew Dopierala will take up the principal’s position at rival selective school James Ruse, which ended its 27-year-reign as the top-ranked school last year.
- Christopher Harris
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- Private schools
Sydney Grammar’s $39 million inner-city expansion plans revealed
One of the state’s oldest all-boys schools has bought a large inner-city office block that was once the headquarters of Sony Australia.
- Lucy Carroll
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