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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
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‘They don’t feel safe’: Martial arts on the curriculum as youth crime spikes
Melbourne schools are hiring private instructors to train teens in self-defence, covering “street smarts” as much as “the kicking and punching”.
- by Alex Crowe
‘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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Discrimination complaints surge at WA schools
Data obtained under Freedom of Information laws has revealed that between 2019 and 2024, WA was the only state or territory bar QLD to record an increase in complaints.
- by Holly Thompson
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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
It’s a 15-hour drive from the big city lights, but this regional school outperforms Brisbane
Students from this regional Queensland school are outshining Brisbane schools, while the gap between city and country is narrower in Queensland versus NSW.
- by Felicity Caldwell
More boys are getting top ATARs. Here’s how they’re doing it
Boys now make up 60 per cent of students who get ATARs above 99.
- by Christopher Harris
Top teacher program axed under planned NSW Education Department restructure
More than 240 teaching positions will be cut under a major department reorganisation, including the “best in class” program.
- by Lucy Carroll
$45,000 savings and a dream job: Hannah did Year 12 differently
If it hadn’t been for the chance to take a non-traditional route at school, Hannah Valenti’s life may have turned out differently.
- by Elissa Doherty
Two days a week, Lavena swaps schoolwork for metalwork
No ATAR, no problem: more Year 12 students than ever before are combining their studies with vocational training like apprenticeships.
- by Elissa Doherty
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