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
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‘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
Parents face juggling act with potential increase in pupil-free days
Parents could be forced to juggle more pupil-free days as teachers, emboldened by wins interstate, look to secure more time away from class.
- by Bridie Smith
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How much payroll tax on private schools is driving up fees – and the battle to stop it
High-fee private schools are pressuring the state government to reverse its decision to charge a payroll tax, by telling parents they have no choice but to pass the extra cost on.
- by Bridie Smith
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COVID, big new tax putting private girls’ schools under financial strain
Some of Melbourne’s highest-profile private girls’ schools have been operating in the red, with some in deficit for multiple years as lockdowns hampered fundraising, reducing their ability to absorb a new tax.
- by Bridie Smith
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