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‘Phoenixing’: Fake accounts bombard kids in scary new trend

A ‘frightening’ new cyber-bullying trend has emerged, and young bullies are using it to relentlessly harass their victims.

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Christian school numbers soar as parents flock to God – and low fees

Cheaper faith-based private colleges are growing so fast they’re on track to overtake the Catholic sector in two years. See which schools are surging and which are stagnating.

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Susie O’Brien: Watch out for this item on school camp lists

My son’s camp list contained an item that made me nostalgic for the era of dictionaries, street directories and cameras with film. How do we explain these items to our offspring?

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Kids gone AWOL – see the schools where truancy is out of control

In some Australian schools, more than 80pc of students miss at least one day a week. Explore the shocking data – and learn about the schools succeeding with an alternative approach.

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A war of words has erupted over an explosive letter sent to Premier Jacinta Allan school gender-identity policies

Trans lessons in schools sparks outrage from Christian lobby

Hundreds of parents have signed an open letter from the Australian Christian Lobby urging Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan to pull gender-identity resources from primary schools.

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Chris Hemsworth and Chris Pratt in Ray-Ban Meta AI-powered glasses in a newly unveiled Super Bowl campaign, Picture: Instagram

The cheap gadget that can spy on your child in the classroom

Schools have banned mobile phones but experts warn an innocent-looking new gadget risks turning classroom lessons into viral videos – for all the wrong reasons.

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KIDS NEWS/2025 PM'S SPELLING BEE- please do not use until after the Bee story publishes SUN 17 AUG, 2025.Australian Cricket Captain and UNICEF Australia Ambassador Pat Cummins visits a government school in Lucknow, India to see how UNICEF is working with communities and government to make sure that all children have access to quality education and has lent his support to the PM's Spelling Bee. Picture: UNICEF/supplied

Pat Cummins bowled over by Spelling Bee response

More than 72,000 students have registered for the fifth annual Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee as cricket legend Pat Cummins shares why childhood literacy hits so close to home.

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TikTok teachers turning classroom content into clicks and cash

TikTok teachers are inspiring, educating and entertaining millions of students. Check out some of the brilliant videos created by turning classroom chaos into clickable content.

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St Ignatius' College students younger than year 3 won't have access to digital devices and their peers up to year 9 will be limited to at most 50 per cent of their learning with technology. Reception students, Mila and Charlie, are the faces of a new approach to learning. 12 August 2025. Picture: Dean Martin

Top 100 private school introduces nation-leading tech ban for kids

A leading private school is banning technology for junior students and heavily restricting it up to year 9 as its principal questions the dominance of screens in classrooms.

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Discrimination payout to girl with autism after tirade from principal

A seven-year-old autistic student has won a significant payout over comments from her principal. See what lawyers say makes a successful disability discrimination claim.

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SENIOR/PENSIONER/MATURE/ELDERLY/OVER 65/GRANDPARENT/RETIREE/SUPERANNUATION. Picture: istock Loving senior grandmother hug shoulders of small girl grandchild assist in preparing homework support give advice. Friendly aged woman teacher watching little kid pupil writing maths problem solution

The five-minute maths homework hack this teacher swears by

Mathematics expert and mother-of-four Dr Ange Rogers reveals three simple ways parents can boost their children’s numeracy skills without creating homework stress.

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Education Pic of Ben Sacco with a prep class at Saltwater P-9 College.Picture by Wayne Taylor 2nd July 2025

Classrooms in chaos – when teachers are part of the problem

Education expert Ben Sacco explains why teachers who hand out detentions to disruptive students could just be making their classroom discipline problems worse.

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Four Young Girls Hanging Out Together In Park Smiling To Camera. Author Rosie Schonell is celebrating the non-academic kids in her new novel. Picture: iStock

Tween author: Why my heroine is a non-academic kid

When it came to choosing a heroine for her debut teen novel, author and teacher Rosie Schonell decided to celebrate the non-academic kids. Here’s why.

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Airdale School Port Pirie teacher Kefei Wang outside the Adelaide Magistrates Court, with his barrister Michelle Barnes, after pleading guilty to the aggravated physical assault of a seven-year-old student. Picture: Sean Fewster

Teacher takes fall: Left to teach in chaos, then locked up

A first-year teacher and music genius who came to Australia to help kids was left in a classroom of chaos without help. A court has shown him sympathy, dismissing an assault charge.

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