Education
Hundreds of jobs to go at Sydney’s major universities
Some of the state’s major universities are planning to slash up to 1000 jobs amid escalating budget pressures and multimillion-dollar deficits.
- by Lucy Carroll
Latest
WA students with ‘maths dyslexia’ fall through the cracks as crisis worsens
The low percentage of WA students excelling in maths means those with the learning disorder dyscalculia are falling through the cracks.
- by Holly Thompson
How ‘Australia’s worst school’ transformed after public low point
Two determined principals dramatically turned around the culture of a school where student and educators’ physical and mental health, plus academic records, had been plummeting.
- by Nicole Precel
School teacher who sexually assaulted five students pleads guilty
The primary school teacher sexually assaulted one of his victims every day for two terms.
- by Alex Crowe
In five years, Zeke has never had a classroom inside his school’s building
Parramatta East Public School, like many in the region, has been over its student cap for years, but now new funding will bring its classes out of demountables.
- by Mostafa Rachwani
Updated
Education
Exam authority board sacked after thousands accessed VCE tests early
The report published on Tuesday found web pages that inadvertently published sample cover pages containing exam content had been viewed thousands of times.
- by Alex Crowe and Rachel Eddie
Two years ago, Jayden was failing school. A single thing changed that
Almost 30 per cent of year 7 students are not meeting proficiency standards in reading. The NSW government plans to spend $80 million a year on a program to fix it.
- by Christopher Harris
How these schools are teaching their way out of a national maths crisis
Australia has been too slow to scrap “faddish, unproven” maths teaching methods, a new report says. These schools have found the secret to success.
- by Lucy Carroll
‘A school for the community’: Here, parents learn alongside their kids
Only a few years ago, parents didn’t feel comfortable walking into this inner-north school. Now some stay for the whole day.
- by Nicole Precel
Editorial
Education
Parents should heed social media warnings given to their kids
Eastern suburbs private school Cranbrook had to write to parents last week to shut down rumours spread on WhatsApp.
- The Herald's View
Helicopter parents have become WhatsApp warriors. Schools are in the crossfire
The source of truth about school business was once the printed newsletter, or parent-teacher night. Now, there’s the parent WhatsApp chat.
- by Christopher Harris
Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/education