Poorer schools lumped with elites
More than 100 poorer Catholic schools have been classified as socially and economically equal to an elite Sydney school.
Education
School boost focuses ALP
Getting her campaign back on track after a week of controversy, Annastacia Palaszczuk has unveiled $543m for schools.
Muslim body to repay $22m
Australian Federation of Islamic Councils agrees to repay millions in misappropriated payments to nation’s largest Islamic school.
Hundreds gather for funeral
Mourners have gathered for the funeral of one of the two boys tragically killed in Tuesday’s classroom crash.
Boldly go into space, virtually
A very different kind of science lesson is set to enter Australian classrooms.
Curricula ‘dumbed down’
Education standards will continue to slide unless steps are taken to boost teacher quality.
Too early to make a call: Premier
It was too early to assess whether classroom rammed by a car was too weak to withstand the impact.
Q&A: Students lash Gonski 2.0
A panel of Australian high school students has taken on Education Minister Simon Birmingham on a special high school episode.
Exodus sparks demountable boom
Public students are being squeezed out of bricks-and-mortar classrooms as parents fill the pinch.
Catholics demand $330m injection
Education Minister Simon Birmingham is under pressure from within Coalition ranks over schools funding.
Catholics blame Gonski for hikes
Catholic schools along the east coast are warning families that fees will rise as much as 12 per cent next year.
Union hails hiring curb
The WA teachers’ union wants more changes to the independent public schools system.
Student to follow nan’s work
Danella Mene has spent most of the past five years thousands of kilometres from her home in the Torres Strait.
Canberra blamed for fee rise
A high-profile Victorian Catholic school has imposed heavy fee increases with others to follow.
Early success for literacy program
The rollout of indigenous leader Noel Pearson’s signature literacy program will be extended.
Muslim school to lose funding
About $1 million in annual federal funding to the Islamic School of Canberra will cease next month.
School punishes protest students
Students who attended a protest with their parents outside a prestigious private college have been issued with detention notices.
Identity politics in schools push
English students face being drilled in the politics of class, race, gender and sexuality.
HECS debt plan for death
The Productivity Commission has resurrected a plan to collect unpaid HECS loans from deceased estates.
ASIO alert over campuses
ASIO chief says Australia needs to be “very conscious” of the possibility of foreign interference in universities.
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