Students’ mental health in crisis
Confidential documents expose high rates of mental health stress among Victorian children as young as seven.
Education
Campaign to reverse Gonski
Catholic education leaders are mounting a fresh campaign against an amendment to the Gonski 2.0 funding changes.
Kids get ready as China calls
At an age when most children are tackling English basics, Adelaide students are getting their minds around Mandarin.
Pearson won’t retreat on program
Noel Pearson has vowed to ‘double down’ on his signature rollout of Direct Instruction teaching in bush schools.
Budget warning as reforms stall
Australians remain in denial about the need for urgent budget repair, former audit head Tony Shepherd warns.
‘Don’t mention Jesus’
Children will be discouraged from inviting school friends to church-run events under Qld’s latest religious crackdown.
Anti-vax principal resigns
The principal of a Steiner school in Perth has resigned after he had failed to set up an on-site immunisation clinic.
Abbott family feud flares
PoliticsNow: Tony Abbott’s sister slams his disclosure of her private life, amid the SSM debate, as ‘hurtful and unnecessary’.
Senate set to block $3bn cuts
The fate of savings at the heart of the Turnbull government’s higher education reforms remain in the balance.
‘Strip anti-vax schools of money’
The AMA says schools with a philosophical objection to vaccinations should be stripped of federal funding.
HSC trial exam papers stolen
One of Sydney’s most exclusive schools has been forced to cancel its trial HSC exams after two papers were stolen.
Measles-exposed school’s risk
A Steiner school in Perth at the centre of a potential measles outbreak has more than 200 unvaccinated students.
Catholic teachers set to strike
Catholic teachers at more than 500 schools have taken steps to strike in a protest of their work conditions.
Kids may get pill without parents
Girls as young as 11 could obtain a prescription for the pill from school without their parents’ knowledge.
Average VC salary hits $890k
Vice-chancellors were paid an average salary package of $890,000 last year, with 11 earning more than $1m.
NAPLAN ‘drags down smart kids’
The former chairman of Australia’s schools curriculum authority says that results of advanced students are dropping.
Overhaul call after poor results
Worsening and stagnant NAPLAN results have prompted calls for a curriculum overhaul and better training for teachers.
Schools hit by writing skills slump
Children’s writing skills have gone backwards in the past six years, according to the latest round of NAPLAN results.
Andrews slams Turnbull, again
The Turnbull government was embroiled in yet another vitriolic stoush with Victoria last night over Gonski 2.0.
‘Coercion’ over Gonski 2.0
Daniel Andrews has accusing the federal government of using “coercion” to limit state government independence.
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