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Stephanie Nunn

‘They can’t even tie their shoelaces’: How young is too young for a school laptop?

Frustrated parents are pushing back against school technology policies that can ask students as young as six to bring devices to class each day.

  • Lucy Carroll

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Isla Sieben (right) and Akur Jok, riders in Cranbourne West Primary School’s successful “human powered vehicle” team.

Fast times at Cranbourne West: Primary school pupils drive high-powered school project

For the children of Cranbourne West Primary School, human-powered vehicle racing is opening up new opportunities.

  • Noel Towell
Former School Infrastructure NSW CEO Anthony Manning.

ICAC to probe former School Infrastructure NSW boss

The state’s powerful anti-corruption body is investigating allegations bureaucrats from School Infrastructure awarded lucrative contracts to friends and business associates.

  • Lucy Carroll
Abbotsford Primary School principal Keith McNeil with students (front) Juliette, Lior and Chiara, and (rear) Lloyd, Daria and Madeleine.

The change coming to state schools that will save parents money

Expensive branded uniform requirements will be ditched for some items – like pants and socks – in a move designed to ease costs for families.

  • Alex Crowe
The primary school is less than 5km from the Brisbane CBD.

Brisbane primary school to close to make way for high school students

Parents of the 73 students have been told their school will be shutting down after next year’s classes to allow for construction of a new high school.

  • Rosanna Ryan
School funding.

We learnt how much funding NSW schools receive: What does yours get?

Top selective schools James Ruse and North Sydney Boys benefited from parent contributions upwards of $2000 per student. Search our table to see how your school fares.

  • Christopher Harris
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The $400 school saving bonus is not means-tested.

Dear Jacinta Allan, thanks for the $400, but I really didn’t need it

Millions of parents are under intense pressure. But plenty are in cruise mode – financially chastened, but hardly on the bones of their bums. So why are we all getting free money?

  • Tom Ormonde
Students at six schools this year have been told they must resit the tests.

Number of schools caught by NAPLAN writing scandal grows

Academic integrity experts say the advent of artificial intelligence has made high-stakes tests such as NAPLAN more susceptible to cheating.

  • Christopher Harris
Maxie Allen was arrested after complaining about his daughter’s school on WhatsApp.

British parents arrested after complaining about daughter’s school on WhatsApp

Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine were reportedly detained by six officers in front of their three-year-old daughter after posting in a parent group chat.

  • Will Bolton
Thanh Whittam with her three children at her home in Matraville.

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.

  • Lucy Carroll

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