More Sydney schools are going co-ed. Is that best for boys?
Worsening problems with online porn and gaming addictions point towards the need to better cater to boys in education, says the head of an international school association.
- by Christopher Harris
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‘Difficult, cold and abstract’: Why girls feel helpless in this school subject
Would you feel confident calculating the cost of a computer with added tax? Forty per cent of Australian teenagers do not, an international report says.
- by Christopher Harris
Revealed: The top Sydney school caught in racism storm
The former principal of James Ruse has spoken to parents over the use of overtly racist language, including the N-word and students being called “slaves”.
- by Christopher Harris
‘Just relieved it’s all over’: Summer starts for final HSC students
The biggest cohort of students in the state’s history, 71,619 pupils, can now say goodbye to school textbooks, teachers and HSC exam stress.
- by Christopher Harris
New James Ruse principal poached from top rival school
North Sydney Boys deputy Matthew Dopierala will take up the principal’s position at rival selective school James Ruse, which ended its 27-year-reign as the top-ranked school last year.
- by Christopher Harris
The private schools, the pigeons and the anonymous letter
Animal activists have described the practice as cruel but pigeon-fanciers say they are well looked after and it is better for the environment.
- by Christopher Harris
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Students could sit longer HSC exams in planned creative arts syllabus overhaul
Drama students could complete the HSC without external assessment and the music exam time would double under a proposal to overhaul the curriculum.
- by Christopher Harris
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Minister condemns St Paul’s College bullying scandal where student was gagged with sex toy
The incident that led to six people being expelled from the Sydney University college involved a mock trial with another student playing judge.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
‘Actually relevant to life’: The HSC subject popular with 20,000 students
The business studies exam is second only to the English advanced course and has overtaken biology in terms of popularity. Can you pass our quiz?
- by Christopher Harris
This HSC subject unfairly advantages elite school students, critics say
A leading lecturer in music education is concerned students are punished for studying certain types of music, but scaling experts say the system is fair.
- by Christopher Harris
It has been called NSW’s ‘friendliest city’. The mayor says that might be about to change
Broken Hill has endured 10 days of rolling power outages after a storm cut the outback city off from the electricity network.
- by Christopher Harris
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