Victoria’s education system is on the brink of crisis as more principals threaten to quit, left drained by repeat threats, demanding workloads and putting themselves in harm’s way as schoolyard violence soars.
Parents at a high school in Melbourne’s northern suburbs say “no one cares” that someone is going “to die” as students ramp up relentless bullying attacks and allegedly threaten each other with knives.
Schools are being blamed for a rise in year 12s opting to study an unscored VCE program amid allegations they’re “managing out” students with low grades to protect their VCE performance scores.
The entire performing arts faculty at Lyndale Secondary College walked off the job in protest last year. Now a formal complaint to the Education Department has revealed why.
Enrolments at special assistance and alternative schools have almost tripled in the past decade, as more parents seek non-traditional education to support their children’s needs. See the schools in your area taking a different approach.
Twice as many would-be teachers are now failing an essential literacy test graduates are required to pass before stepping into the classroom compared to 2016. Take the quiz to see if you can do better.
A female Carey Grammar teacher, who was sacked in 2023, sent 35,000 messages to one of her students before having a sexual relationship with them.
Complaints over sexual harassment, stalking, unwelcome advances and inappropriate comments and have hit a record high at the University of Melbourne, with dozens of staff and students investigated.
The state government has quietly backed down on an election promise to deliver 96 school upgrade projects by 2026, leaving dozens of campuses waiting years for updated facilities. See if your school makes the list.
The principal of Caulfield Grammar has issued a warning to parents after the attempted abduction of a young female student at a bus stop on Wednesday morning.
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