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‘Sink or swim’: Why new teachers are already considering quitting

A shocking number of early career teachers already have one foot out the door with a veteran educator of 60 years lamenting the loss of the lifetime teacher.

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Migrant students and changing demographics at private schools. Image at Good News Lutheran School in Tarneit. Students from the same family, Gurveen - year 3, Gurnaz -year 9 and Gurshaan -year 1. Thursday, November 20. 2025. Picture: David Crosling

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How migrant kids influx is boosting NAPLAN scores at top schools

The nation’s most desirable schools are seeing a huge rise in students from non-English speaking backgrounds, data reveals. Search the list of over 250 top schools.

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Migrant students are boosting results in SA high schools. The Heights has increased its portion of migrant students from 16 percent ten years ago, now to 51 percent. Four of those students are, ( F) Minha,12, (LtoR B) Muhammad,12, Paarth,13, and Abbas,12. 20 November 2025. Picture: Dean Martin

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Search the list: Migrant enrolments soar at Victoria’s Top 100 schools

Migrant students are flocking to our best public and private schools, changing demographics and boosting NAPLAN scores. See which schools have the biggest levels of growth.

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VCE students celebrate the end of exams.

‘War is over’: Year 12 students celebrate end of exams

Year 12 students have taken to social media to celebrate the end of VCE exams, burning their notes and throwing books in the bin, after the 2025 testing period concluded without major incident.

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Swimming coach arrest raises alarm over safety in children’s sports

A swimming coach’s arrest has sent shockwaves through junior sport, as investigators reveal the hidden dangers in children’s sporting programs. Here’s what parents need to know.

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Private schools in Adelaide. Prince Alfred College. 18 July 2020. Picture Dean Martin

Racism scandal at elite school: ‘They put monkey stickers on my locker’

A top private school told a boy who had been racially vilified for two years to “stand up for himself” instead of “being a victim” like AFL legend Adam Goodes, according to court papers.

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‘Insane’: Botched crayons experiment creates year 12 exam chaos

Year 12 students at a Melbourne school have hit out after being forced to complete crucial VCE exams through blaring fire alarms after crayons caught fire in a science class.

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Screens really are turning kids into zombies – it’s a medical fact

Screen time rewires children’s brains so they talk less and end up with a decreased IQ, a major international medical study has found. And it’s toddlers who are at greatest risk.

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Teacher’s year of hell – investigated, suspended, not even told why

“I was isolated, humiliated and broken.” A male teacher tells how his career and marriage were destroyed by false allegations – and a system that denied him justice.

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Queensland’s best and worst schools according to parents have been revealed in new satisfaction data from 2024, with state and high schools in remote and regional areas are less likely to give top marks to their local schools.

Qld’s best and worst state schools rated by parents

New analysis of parent satisfaction data has revealed Queensland’s best and worst state primary and secondary schools. SEARCH YOUR SCHOOL

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Teachers are split on whether band T-shirts are appropriate in the classroom.

Teachers in T-shirts: Are band tees appropriate classroom attire?

An Aussie teacher asked her peers whether she should wear a hip-hop artist’s T-shirt to work, sparking a furious debate about work clothing for educators. So what do you think?

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**BLURRED PIX FOR ONLINE USE** ****EXCLUSIVE NEWS 360 PREMIUM LOCKED CONTENT - AUS OUT, NEWS.COM.AU OUT**** A young Australian man pushed a policeman after he was approach due to his involvment in a street fight in the nightclub district in Kuta during the schoolies period, Bali. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

Is your child going overseas for schoolies? Bad idea…

Is your teen heading to Bali, Fiji or Thailand for schoolies this year? A safety expert’s advice is to think twice – because the biggest risks aren’t immediately apparent.

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Guardian childcare Chef Wendy Perez-Borg is doing food differently for the centre. Reyansh, Molly, Ella, Samuel love the choices that have been prepared for them to eat. The chef at this centre won chef of the year for Victoria in Guardian's recent national competition. Picture: Tony Gough

Childcare goes gourmet: Fancy food wins over picky little eaters

Parents are stunned as their formerly fussy kids eagerly devour everything from fish masala to mushroom fettuccine at this childcare centre.

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Bolshevik robots, riot cops and fail Caesars – a history of epic exam blunders

Remember how a 30m-tall battle robot joined the Russian Revolution in 1917? That was a history exam lowlight – but it’s far from the only fiasco to send year 12s into meltdown.

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