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Daniel Libeskind, one of the world’s most heralded contemporary architects, is part of the design team for Mount Scopus College’s new Caulfield campus.

He designed the new World Trade Centre. Now this superstar is building a Caulfield school

Mount Scopus has secured a major coup, hiring one of the world’s top architects for its giant new build on the Caulfield Racecourse site.

  • Noel Towell

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Suspended students interpret the experience as a message that they don’t belong at the school anymore.

School suspensions beget more suspensions. It’s rare that they fix student behaviour

When I worked as a school principal, literally nothing in the job robbed me of more sleep than when I had to suspend students.

  • Adam Voigt
Anthony Courtman at ICAC

Schools unit contractor was paid $2.4m with no formal job description

While Anthony Courtman worked for School Infrastructure, he was also engaged by a consultancy company that billed the agency for his work.

  • Lucy Carroll
Impressions of Australia’s first Hindu School

Revealed: The plans for Australia’s first Hindu school

On a block of land in western Sydney, Australia’s fastest-growing religious group is planning its first foray into mainstream education.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
Saachi Singh is one of 19 students whose work was selected for the Young Writers showcase. Photo Jessica Hromas

These students aced HSC English Extension. This is how they did it

Last year, almost 1500 students did English Extension 2. Just 19 made it into the Young Writers Showcase – this is what they shared in common.

  • Emily Kowal
Annie Leutenmayr, 19, is  first year nursing student at Victoria University. Annie  was homeless but is now studying full time and living in transitional housing.

Annie was 17 when she slept on a park bench. All she cared about was school the next day

School was tough the day after Annie Leutenmayr slept on a park bench in Melbourne’s CBD. But the 17-year-old wasn’t going to miss it.

  • Nicole Precel
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Newington College’s co-ed plan has been passionately opposed by some alumni.

Student loses court bid to stop Newington becoming co-ed

The 162-year-old college plans to admit girls in the junior school from next year and become a fully co-ed by 2033.

  • Lucy Carroll
When it comes to schooling, does segregation matter?

What the evidence says about sending your kids to single-sex v co-ed schools

This debate is as old as schooling itself: should boys and girls really be going to different schools?

  • Liam Mannix
Abbotsford Primary School parents and children (L-R) Lorena Burns with Ben, 7, Tom, 5; Ben Luk with Emma, 7; Jieh-Yung Lo Hope with Lyn, 7; Suk-yi Lo with Callum, 8 and Raelyn, 10.

Right language to ensure these schools thrive is not being spoken, say parents and teachers

Demand for bilingual state schools is growing, but there are concerns pupils are missing out because of a fractured and inequitable system.

  • Bridie Smith
Students at Macarthur Girls High

The HSC subjects students are most likely to drop in year 12

The Herald analysis is based on subjects with more than 500 enrolled students, and shows how choices shift into the final year of high school.

  • Emily Kowal, Nigel Gladstone and Lucy Carroll

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