Catholic schools reignite fund war
Fresh from a bruising but ultimately successful battle, Catholic schools are threatening to wage war on a new front.
Education
The six keys to school success
A groundbreaking study has identified six common factors that contribute to success in high-performing disadvantaged primary schools.
Pollies feel the parent push
Pressure on politicians to provide more funding for preschool education is growing.
Labor leader backs climate strike
NSW Opposition Leader Michael Daley has firmly endorsed students skipping school to attend climate change protest rallies.
Labor’s health push pays off
Labor is winning the battle on health and education, despite the tens of billions of dollars the Premier has thrown at them.
Covert brainwashing of our kids is taking its toll
A new collection of essays lays bare the price society pays for abandoning Western values.
‘Progressive’ school backs calls for students to join walkout
A Melbourne state school has invited a backlash by promoting a controversial student climate change strike.
Time to flow the STEM
Maths and physics create a knowledge “gateway” to the kind of higher education that opens a cornucopia of career possibilities.
Key questions for women, careers
Key Questions: Caroline Overington, Edwina McCann and former Supreme Court of NSW judge Carolyn Simpson share insights.
Road map for tech women
The push to increase female participation in STEM fields gain momentum with the government set to release a 10-year road map.
No subject too hard for girls
Anyone in doubt about the enormous strides girls have made in education need only look at the Year 12 honour rolls from last year.
EdTech opens doors to flexibility
Education is still conducted in a last century manner but a new technology-driven sector will change the way we learn.
Down under game changer
Women, especially women of colour, still receive a tiny proportion of venture capital, but Australia can fix this say girl geeks Shruti Shah and Sydney Thomas.
Girls still face big challenges
Discussion centred on education when The Australian and girls’ school PLC Croydon combined for International Women’s Day.
‘No pink brain or blue brain’
Anyone in doubt over the enormous strides that girls have made in education, need only take a glance at the Year 12 honour rolls from last year.
Steep learning curve for women
In 1970, one in four uni students were women. By 1987 the figure was 58 pc, a figure that has remained more or less stable for the past 30 years.
X factor key to girls’ advance in maths
Parents could hold the key to boosting girls’ meagre participation in maths and science at school.
Catholic schools fear fallout over ruling
Catholic schools are in damage control following George Pell’s conviction for sexual abuse.
School rankings are nonsense: principal
The principal of a private Sydney school says the ranking of Year 12 students’ final results should be abolished.
How sportsgirls will light up
Awareness of elite sportswomen and their team sports has increased significantly but not enough says the head coach of the Australian netball team.
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