School’s out but Kaiden’s happily on a steep learning curve
School holiday programs are in full swing as parents turn to outside help to keep their children entertained and active. Experts say there’s nothing to feel guilty about.
- by Bridie Smith and Madeleine Heffernan
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How VCE students can study at university – free
A growing number of students are doing university subjects while still at secondary school. They are getting points for it, but not the bill.
- by Bridie Smith
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Private schools call for national funding boost to offset new state tax
Victoria’s private schools argue the state payroll tax has caused a hit to their bottom lines and is making the cost of educating students more expensive.
- by Bridie Smith
How VCE high-achievers reached the top of the class
The state’s top-performing VCE students say hard work was behind their success, but stress that finding balance outside of study is the real game-changer.
- by Bridie Smith
‘Absolute shambles’: Parents decry flaws in rollout of $400 school bonus payments
Technical glitches leave families fearing they could miss out, while others face curbs on how the money can be spent.
- by Bridie Smith
200 of the best: Victoria’s NAPLAN-star primary and secondary schools revealed
Principals say high expectations and a drive to succeed from their students helped make their schools among the finest in the state.
- by Bridie Smith and Caroline Schelle
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‘You’ll never get in front of it’: Hackers target schools daily
Holding families’ sensitive, personal information has become the top insurance risk for private schools in Australia, as hackers become increasingly sophisticated in their approaches.
- by Bridie Smith
How this ‘daggy’ suburb became a rising cultural hotspot (with world-class croissants)
Indulging in a sublime pastry while having a rubber stamp custom-made, your violin repaired and your tarot read. Welcome to the suburb named after a corrupt former premier considered ‘Bent by name, bent by nature’. It’s a rich mosaic of all things ordinary and gloriously niche.
- by Bridie Smith
Copy, paste: What we know about the VCE exam fiasco
Thousands of VCE students could have taken their exams with a hidden advantage over their peers, after some questions were accidentally revealed online in advance.
- by Bridie Smith, Caroline Schelle and Alex Crowe
St Kevin’s student suffers fractures in freak school balcony fall
The teenage boy was on the year 7 and 8 deck during recess when the incident occurred at the Toorak boys’ school.
- by Bridie Smith, Alex Crowe and Marta Pascual Juanola
The way some Melbourne University students are taught has changed. Here’s why
Neurodivergent students and staff at the University of Melbourne previously “struggled in silence”. That’s changing, thanks to these three researchers.
- by Bridie Smith
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