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Year 5 students Tyler Lau, Amayah Richards, and George Zhao at Sunnybank Hills State school. Picture Lachie Millard

School’s shocking 80-spot climb in NAPLAN rankings

A Yeronga school has become one of the top-performing schools in Brisbane’s south, climbing more than 80 spots in the NAPLAN rankings, according to the latest results.

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Education theme of a group of primary school students answering questions while studying in class. Picture: davidf/iStock

Central Qld’s top performing schools in NAPLAN 2025 revealed

A Rockhampton school has shone in an analysis of 2025’s Central Qld NAPLAN rankings of schools from as far west as Anakie and Biloela in the south.

Emeritus Professor Mary O'Kane is the new Chancellor of the University of Queensland.

Queensland university appoints first female chancellor

A prominent academic has broken new ground by becoming the University of Queensland’s first female chancellor.

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Nicki Gaylard (R) pulled her 14-year-old daughter Courtney (L) out of Renmark High School in SA last April after she was subjected to a presentation on relationships by charity Headpace that allegedly included references to bestiality. Picture: Supplied

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‘I lost my little girl that day’: Mum to sue over vile school sex ed talk

A furious mum says her daughter’s year 9 class was subjected to a sick school sex education talk on bestiality and “sister love” – now she’s planning to sue. Watch the interview.

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Whitsunday Anglican School new STEAM centre building has won the Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture Building of the Year award. Photo: Scott Burrows

NAPLAN results 2025: How Mackay and Whitsunday schools performed

One school has dominated the latest NAPLAN results, claiming top spots in both primary and secondary categories across the Mackay and Whitsunday region.

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Glenunga high school artwork for tiser

Hunt for Spiderman: Police release intel to stop Glenunga threats

Bizarre details – including images of a tortured spider – have been shared about threats to bomb and boil students, in a police bid to find the culprit.

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Generic rear view photo of primary school students sitting in a classroom.

Teachers burnt out by new normal of classroom behaviour

Teachers are navigating a rise in student anxiety, behavioural challenges and trauma, writes Lee Casuscelli.

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The Daily Telegraph, 30th November 2025, Lily Watson and Josephine De Sousa in their active wear

Double standard? School bans activewear for female students

Female students and their parents have slammed a new uniform policy banning them from wearing athletic gear at a wealthy high school. Take our poll.

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Year 9 students at Brighton Grammar School on their Great South West Journey program. Picture: Facebook,

Missing Brighton schoolboys spark major police helicopter search

A “self-discovery” camp at an elite Bayside private school became a rescue operation after three year 9 students disappeared while allegedly searching for food.

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Higher Education

Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard and Caleb McLaughlin in a scene from season three of Stranger Things. Supplied by Netflix.

Stranger Things 101: Uni turns Netflix binge into a legit course

No, we’re not in the Upside Down. Binge-watching Stranger Things has become coursework with an Australian university making the Netflix phenomenon mandatory study material.

OpinionQLD Education

QTU President Cresta Richardson at the Teacher's Strike. Pic Annette Dew

Teachers, kids victims of different rules for state and private schools

State school teachers endure violence and abuse that would be unthinkable in private schools, creating a two-tier education system, writes Robert Schwarten.

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Westminster School is banning devices and creating phone free zones in the school. Year 10 students, Lavanya,15,(R) and Stella,16, with year 9 students, Thomas,15, and Lily,14 (L) in the library, which is one of the zones. 27 November 2025. Picture: Dean Martin

Top private school bans phones completely in radical crackdown

A leading Adelaide school has banned digital devices for students up to year 10 and created phone-free zones, in a move to improve face-to-face communication.

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Art for violence, school lockdowns Herald Sun

Exposed: The violent acts sending our schools into daily lockdowns

A secret dossier documents extreme acts of violence – including students brandishing garden shears and threatening to kill – forcing Victorian schools into daily safety shutdowns.

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The Daily Telegraph Wednesday 26 November 2025 School Uniform Expenses Mother Debbie Geary with kids Youssef Shaikho 10 Aleena Shaikho 12 Isaaq Shaikho 5 and Sophia Shaikho 8 want the government to scrap a recently added fee onto school uniforms.Picture Thomas Lisson

‘Crock of s–t’: Outraged parents stitched up by $100 uniform hike

School uniform suppliers have accused the Minns government of taking more money from locals to ‘stitch up holes’ in the budget, effectively ‘punishing’ makers and parents already struggling to make ends meet, as uniform prices rise.

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