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‘It would be crazy’: Parents fight co-ed proposal for Sydney’s top-ranked schools
The state government has floated a proposal to make several public high schools across the northern beaches, Hornsby and Kogarah co-educational.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Sydney school board member stands down after Hezbollah speeches
Sheikh Ahmad Jundi has resigned from an Islamic college after questions from the Herald about his support for the Iran-backed group in two speeches.
- by Patrick Begley and Lucy Carroll
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Students assaulting multiple staff, carrying weapons: NSW schools’ behaviour crisis
About 2300 assaults were reported across the state’s private and public schools in the year to June.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Double or nothing: Why NSW rejected billions for public school children
The funding stand-off comes as total number of permanent and temporary teachers has gone backwards in NSW.
- by Christopher Harris and Lucy Carroll
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The map that reveals Sydney’s flight from public primary schools
Public primary schools have more than 20,000 fewer enrolments than five years ago. And it’s not all because of a switch to private schools.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
‘Blindsided’: Sydney University vice chancellor resists calls for resignation
Internal documents obtained by the Herald reveal he was “blindsided” by the Jewish community’s reaction to a deal to shut down the pro-Palestinian encampment.
- by Daniella White and Lucy Carroll
The man who left parents $7 million out of pocket and 600 children heartbroken
Children from more than 100 schools – including Reddam, The Forest High and Marist Sisters – thought they were going on a trip to NASA in Texas. That was until Charles Chung’s company collapsed, owing millions. Here’s how it unravelled.
- by Lucy Carroll and Colin Kruger
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NSW schools call in PE and science teachers to plug maths gaps
New research on out-of-field maths teaching in 48 schools comes as the department quietly axed a highly rated maths retraining program.
- by Lucy Carroll
‘Evidence not ideology’: Major overhaul of the NSW high school curriculum
Studying the Holocaust will be mandatory under a revised high school history syllabus that also include compulsory units on Aboriginal perspectives on colonisation.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Eddie Woo’s expert maths team cut back under education department restructure
The Maths Growth Team that mentors other teachers will be reduced as part of a major restructure within the NSW Education Department.
- by Lucy Carroll
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‘Teachers don’t feel safe’: One in 12 high school students suspended amid behavioural crisis
Figures released by the NSW Education Department show 59,814 suspensions were issued to public school students in 2023.
- by Christopher Harris and Lucy Carroll
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