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State government principals have been granted new powers.

Northland machete brawlers should be kicked out of school, government says

The state government is giving principals expanded powers to punish out-of-school conduct, but the profession is worried.

  • Noel Towell, Nicole Precel and Bridie Smith

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Catholic school teachers are on a collision course with their employers over pay and conditions.

Unholy workplace row brewing in state’s Catholic schools

Catholic school teachers and their employers cannot even agree on the framework for talks on a new wage deal.

  • Noel Towell
All Saints’ College principal Belinda Provis, with college captains Chloe Glass and Kanin Hoar, and dog Max.

WA teachers aren’t applying to become principals. This retiring school leader knows why

“I loved the job and wouldn’t change it for the world ... but people see how demanding it is and are choosing not to put their hand up.”

  • Holly Thompson
Colleen Harkin says the left pile is Australia’s maths curriculum and the right pile is Singapore’s.

Counting controversy: IPA sticks to claim that maths curriculum is 3500 pages long

The think tank says Australia’s maths curriculum is too complicated and packed with ideology. The body that writes the curriculum doesn’t agree.

  • Madeleine Heffernan and Kishor Napier-Raman
Cassandra Pride completed a masters in education at La Trobe.

‘Nothing in my degree to prepare me for that’: Why student teachers face big changes

Australian universities have until the end of the year to overhaul more than 280 teacher training courses.

  • Lucy Carroll
Teacher Leah Myers completed a second master’s degrees to understand the latest teaching methods.

Universities radically reform teaching degrees as deadline looms

Everything Leah Myers knew about her job was “flipped on its head” after sweeping reforms to teacher training followed a national review.

  • Alex Crowe
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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
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How these schools are teaching their way out of a national maths crisis

Australia has been too slow to scrap “faddish, unproven” maths teaching methods, a new report says. These schools have found the secret to success.

  • Lucy Carroll
Both teachers have had their teaching licences disqualified.

WA high school teachers banned for sexualising female students

Court documents have revealed that in both cases, the men’s conduct was “so serious that it is likely to bring the teaching profession into disrepute”.

  • Holly Thompson
Premier David Crisafulli and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announce the new school funding deal in Canberra.

Queensland investing less in state school students than every other state, except Victoria

Queensland students have been receiving thousands of dollars less in state government funding than their interstate counterparts, data reveals. 

  • Marissa Calligeros

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