Schools
Private school students’ personal data proves prime target for hackers
Cybercriminals see private schools as increasingly attractive extortion targets and are threatening to publish sensitive data on the dark web.
- by Matthew Knott
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Three Sydney private schools draft more than $400 million in new building plans
Proposals are in the pipeline for science centres, performing arts spaces and new sports complexes.
- by Lucy Carroll
Students could lose marks over VCE exam breach
Victoria Curriculum and Assessment Authority boss Kylie White will leave her post immediately, as the education minister revealed early half of VCE exams were affected by the exam paper fiasco.
- by Caroline Schelle
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Mental health
School students may lose mental health support after funding clampdown
The Victorian government has quietly cut funding for provisional psychologists in state schools, making it even harder for young Victorians to access mental health support.
- by Broede Carmody and Brittany Busch
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Let’s not fixate on co-ed v single-sex. Both can elevate our kids – or fail them
There is little evidence that girls will necessarily do better at a single-sex school. The focus should be on ensuring a school culture that promotes gender equality, whether it’s co-ed or not.
- by Kellie Burns, Jessica Kean and Helen Proctor
More free school breakfasts – and lunches – on the table as food crisis bites
A parliamentary inquiry has called for an expansion of Victoria’s school breakfast program and a “minister for food” to help tackle rising costs and food insecurity.
- by Kieran Rooney
The youngest WA students tackling the ATAR revealed
A select group of West Australian students are challenging themselves by taking on the content included in ATAR courses before they reach year 12.
- by Holly Thompson
‘We’ve been ignored’: The Sydney girls school devastated over move to co-ed
Four single-sex high schools in Sydney’s south and north will be transformed into co-educational campuses from 2026.
- by Lucy Carroll
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