Education
Employers want workers back in the office. How do parents of young children cope?
As more families have both parents working full-time and employers impose return-to-office policies, a new report recommends an overhaul of outside school hours care.
- by Lucy Carroll
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The WA students lending a helping hand to those in need
Students at a school in Perth’s western suburbs are helping build prosthetic hands for children in need, distributed to countries including Africa, India, Mexico and Nepal.
- by Holly Thompson
Opinion
Education
My daughter’s school is a CBD office building. Most kids don’t get outside all day
This “campus” is actually the 6th and 7th floor of an office building in Lonsdale Street, and has no open-air spaces, no canteen, no windows that open. The nearest safe outdoor space is three blocks away. It’s absurd.
- by Nick Feik
The battle between Shore school and its former headmaster
Tim Petterson is alleging a breach of employment contract, but the institution says concerns were raised about his “performance and conduct” before he was dismissed in 2022.
- by Lucy Carroll
ANU staff pass no-confidence vote against chancellor Julie Bishop
Hundreds of Australian National University staff say they have no confidence in the university’s leadership amid job cuts and a pay rise dispute.
- by Caroline Schelle
‘This is not boys being boys’: Expert reacts to Shenton College rape jokes
A leading parenting expert has lambasted the response from authorities to a group of teenagers who were allegedly discussing sexually abusing women and girls while on the bus home from school.
- by Holly Thompson
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Education
Schools in the dark on young alleged offenders in the classroom
The Education Department does not receive or keep records of the numbers of students on bail in Victoria’s schools.
- by Caroline Schelle
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HSC
Revealed: The state’s most improved schools in the HSC
The NSW Education Department has identified 24 schools as the most improved in lifting band 4, 5 and 6 results over the past eight years.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Education
Western suburbs school students reported for allegedly discussing ways to rape women
A member of the community, who has remained anonymous, expressed their concern after hearing boys from a western suburbs public school loudly discussing their plans while on the bus home.
- by Holly Thompson
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Education
Staffer at top Sydney private girls’ school charged over alleged tech theft
The head of Ascham School’s IT department allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of computers and sold the equipment on an online marketplace.
- by Lucy Carroll and Perry Duffin
The Perth suburbs where private schools rule
A new analysis of census data has revealed the Perth suburbs where 70 per cent or more of secondary students are enrolled in a private school. How does your suburb compare?
- by Holly Thompson
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