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Key test scrapped: Child care game changer for 100k families

Australia moves closer to universal childcare as a new guarantee breaks the catch-22 trapping parents between needing work to access care and needing care to work.

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‘Mooning at students’ – teachers speak out on wild parenting fails

From demanding awards for their children, turning up drunk, and “mooning” students, teachers are on the frontline when it comes to parents behaving badly.

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‘Start early’: Household chores a social and academic boost for kids

There’s likely to be resistance and things might get a little messy, but research reveals why involving children in household chores should be your family’s top New Year’s resolution.

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‘Respectful relationships’ is too wishy-washy in the Andrew Tate era

Lessons on respectful relationships aren’t enough when teens are deluged with toxic messages about male domination, experts say. Here’s what they argue schools must teach instead.

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Once shy, now going sky-high: School’s twin quartet says goodbye

A Melbourne primary school is farewelling four sets of twins from its Officer campus after it watched the youngsters morph from nervous five-year-olds into confident pre-teens ready to take on the world.

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Deepfake porn to Fail Caesar – the 20 biggest Aussie school scandals of 2025

Students creating sick AI deepfakes of classmates and teachers was the dominant school scandal theme of 2025 – along with plenty of other examples of adolescent idiocy.

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Our parents aren’t rich snobs: Private schools hit back at online mockery

Betoota Advocate-style publishers dedicated to ridiculing elite college families have become hugely popular – but the head of Independent Schools Australia says the joke has gone too far.

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The uni courses that need a perfect 99.95 ATAR

It’s a busy time for the nation’s school graduates with initial uni offers already out in most states – these 20 courses require students to have achieved a flawless score.

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Why Boxing Day bargain-hunting is good for kids’ learning

With school out for summer, families might be swapping classrooms for shopping centres, but that doesn’t mean children’s literacy and numeracy learning needs to end.

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Teacher shortage easing – but not for Victorian high schools

Persistent teacher shortages will continue to plague Victoria’s education system for the next five years, as thousands of registered teachers choose not to work.

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132 students who came first in all HSC subjects revealed

The 132 students from 83 schools across NSW who topped each HSC subject have been revealed. See the full list.

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‘Not rude’: New way Aussie families are celebrating Christmas

It’s traditionally the time for family gatherings, but for many parents with neurodiverse children, a quieter celebration is the best or only option.

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Queensland private schools with low-cost fees are delivering top NAPLAN results that rival the best schools in the state.

Shock NAPLAN results for Qld’s cheap private schools

Queensland private schools with low-cost fees have delivered a NAPLAN shock. Here is where parents can get the best bang for their buck.

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‘I finally snapped’: Teachers rage-baited by students speak out

Australian teachers may now be officially on end-of-year holidays, but the stress of the school year including experiences of rage-baiting continue to take a toll.

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