Education
Tips and tricks for getting through high school – from students who just did
The start of the school year can be daunting for senior students, but last year’s graduates have some top tips to lessen the stress.
- by Alex Crowe
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AI smashed the job prospects of these Sydney students. This is how they’re fighting back
Millions of jobs have come under threat since the arrival of ChatGPT two years ago. These Sydney students choose to make friends with AI.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
How Melbourne’s selective schools stack up academically
The four select-entry public schools outperform many of their high-fee paying rivals – but are not without their critics.
- by Alex Crowe
‘Incompetent’ Brighton teacher who failed to show up to own hearing banned from teaching
Hoa Tam Trinh, who was sacked from Brighton Secondary College after multiple complaints about his behaviour, skipped a disciplinary hearing accusing him of serious misconduct.
- by Caroline Schelle
Victorian state schools to get $2.5 billion boost as ‘tortuous’ wrangling ends
The funding deal between the state and Commonwealth ends an 18-month stand-off.
- by Noel Towell and Caroline Schelle
‘Tension is much higher now’: Jewish students told not to wear uniforms amid antisemitic attacks
An attack on a childcare centre in Sydney has increased security concerns for Jewish educators already on edge.
- by Alex Crowe
The families dominating Perth’s best public schools
Students from these families take up the lions share of the cohort at the top-performing public schools in last year’s ATAR exams.
- by Holly Thompson
The suburb with no houses gets a $160 million high-rise school
Nestled on a peninsula on the banks of the Parramatta River, the six-storey, vertical Wentworth Point High School is in one of the most densely populated suburbs in the country.
- by Christopher Harris
9,729,900 days lost in one year: The shocking truth about our schools
A decline in attendance has been recorded in private, public and Catholic schools despite a post-pandemic uplift.
- by Christopher Harris
Wealthy families dominate Melbourne’s best public schools
Select-entry government schools are supposed to be the great equaliser, but very few disadvantaged kids go to them.
- by Alex Crowe
‘Daily punching bags’: Assault reports surge at Victorian schools, dismaying teachers
Schools reported more than 600 assaults and related offences in the year ending June 2024, official data shows – up 50 per cent in two years.
- by Caroline Schelle
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