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Justin Mullaly, president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Education Union

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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Australia has a maths problem. One in three of our school students fail to achieve proficiency in maths.

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
Principal Tony Roberts says “ground zero” is for every student to have someone who believes in them.

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
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will link the plan for new vocational training colleges to the Coalition’s other policies on skills and housing.

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
Education Minister Ben Carroll.

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
Jayden Browne said he’s gone from failing to passing in all his subjects thanks to help in small group tuition.

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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Ankle bracelets are to be fitted to 50 underage offenders during a trial.

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
The boys involved in the alleged assault were from Aveley Secondary College.

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
Chris Chau, founder of Integral Education tutoring, with Samyak Jain (left) and Maahir Deora.

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
Perth’s highest-median suburbs in the March 2025 quarter, according to Domain homepage image.

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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