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The worst paid teachers in Australia are spoiling for a fight to get a better deal
The teachers’ union has raised the spectre of strike action for the first time in a decade in pursuit of a pay demand of up to 14 per cent for 52,000 Victorian government school educators.
- Noel Towell
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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.
- 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.
- Nicole Precel
Coalition makes first major school announcement with training college network
The $260 million pledge to build 12 technical colleges for high school students is a move towards teaching skills rather than pushing students into university.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
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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.
- 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.
- Christopher Harris
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Key questions drag on ankle bracelet trial for teens accused of serious crimes
Victoria’s trial for putting monitoring devices on underage offenders is due to start this month, but where the teens will be sent is among the unanswered questions.
- Caroline Schelle
School refuses to tell dad whether alleged coward punch student has been expelled
The father of a 14-year-old boy allegedly coward punched at an Ellenbrook Shopping Centre says he is disappointed the school that both boys attend has failed to tell him whether the alleged attacker has been expelled.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Families pay up to $20,000 to tutor children for select-entry school exams
As thousands of Victorian students prepare for the select-entry schools entrance exam, there are calls for reform to the admissions process and the tutoring industry.
- Noel Towell
Rents soar in Perth’s most in-demand school zones
The cost to rent a house in some of Perth’s most in-demand school catchment areas has ballooned in a year, in one suburb by more than 50 per cent.
- Holly Thompson
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