Catholic families flee fee hikes
Enrolments in low-fee Catholic schools have fallen in one of the country’s largest dioceses following fee rises.
Education
Is the number up for ATAR?
Only a quarter of students gain undergraduate course entry based on their ATAR so what is the point of the Year 12 ranking system?
Scrutiny for Shorten’s ‘special deal’
Labor has attacked Simon Birmingham for claiming Victorian Catholics could be “bought by a few pieces of silver”.
Islamic college loses $19m appeal
The future of Australia’s largest Islamic school is in doubt after a court dismissed its appeal to keep commonwealth funding.
Birmo quizzed by Catholics
Simon Birmingham has accused Labor of betraying its values, after being interrogated over funding for Catholic schools.
Islamic school loses appeal
Australia’s largest Islamic school has lost a Federal Court bid to maintain $19 million a year in Commonwealth funding.
Migrant pupils make the grade
Migrant students are achieving baseline academic results in greater numbers than Australian-born students.
Catholic backlash at Judas link
The Catholic education sector has accused Simon Birmingham of discrimination after he used an offensive reference to Judas.
School is failing our youth
A study asks young people what they think of school, with surprising results.
‘Making pupils feel comfortable’
A review into Queensland’s state schools uniform policy will consider including gender neutral uniform options.
CFMEU takes fight to classroom
Queensland schools will be splashed with propaganda for the militant CFMEU in a plan slammed by Simon Birmingham.
Shorten ‘tricky’ on Catholic schools
Senior Liberals are desperate to end the funding war between the commonwealth and the Catholic education sector.
Union in push to scrap NAPLAN
The NSW teachers’ union has recruited a prominent US academic to critique NAPLAN, in a bid to have it scrapped.
Labor cosies up to Catholics
Bill Shorten has promised Catholic schools billions of dollars more over 10 years in the wake of the church’s bruising battle with the Coalition.
Nile the lifeblood for disadvantaged
The River Nile School was established in response to concerns that many children were falling behind.
Top marks prove global language
Canley Vale High School has clocked above-average gains in the literacy components of the NAPLAN test each year since 2014.
Salesforce extends tailor-made help
US cloud computing giant Salesforce is bringing its ‘Circle the Schools’ program to Australia.
African truancy near indigenous
Melbourne schools in suburbs with large populations of African migrants are facing high truancy rates.
Labor to end uni funding freeze
Federal Labor will end the Turnbull government’s freeze on university course funding.
Single-sex schools breed scientists
Students attending single-sex schools are more likely to study advanced science and maths than those at co-educational schools, according to a new study.
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