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DAILY TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 17. Sylvania High School year 12 students and mentors from left Belleza Nillakan, Brody Leimontas, principal Renee Holz, Chloe Schiro and Lucas Camelo De Olieira. The School actively promotes a culture of kindness, stressing empathy. At the suggestion of students, the school is working toward the establishment of a support group for those affected by bullying. Picture: Jonathan Ng

How this school empowered its students to stand up to bullies

One high school has pioneered a new anti-bullying system that’s showing good results, as the federal government demands all schools improve their tracking of playground incidents.

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Private schools rich list – how much money all the other parents earn

You’ll be astonished to learn how much parents at Australia’s elite schools are earning. Here’s the official data showing the average family income at hundreds of private schools.

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Maths to ashes: Aussie schoolkids getting smashed by the Poms

Would Australia stand for it if we were as far below England’s standards in cricket as we are in this key area of education?

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Brunswick Secondary College students after the first big exam of the year, English. Picture: Tony Gough

The popular English exam tactic experts say could cost you marks

Teachers have discovered half the students at one top Melbourne school are memorising AI-generated answers for a crucial VCE exam — but experts say it could tank their scores.

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Golden Grove High School disability unit students are running a catering business. Tashara Perna 15 yr 9 and Ruby Mathews 14 yr 8 with goods they are selling. Picture: Brett Hartwig 19th September 2025

Work experience snub becomes extraordinary school success story

What started as a solution to work experience barriers has become a lucrative business – generating thousands of dollars – for students at an Adelaide high school.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 10 , 2024: Dany Elachi from the Heads Up Alliance addresses the Social Media Summit at ICC Darling Harbour Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

‘No-brainer’: Parents call for universal phone bans as private schools resist

Studies continue to prove the benefits of phone bans in schools, but pockets of the private sector are still slow to act, with some warning it may be costing them enrolments.

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Frustrating woman alone struggling burnout with kids. Stressed out mother sitting on floor in middle of toys while children naughty running around her at room. Family home with chaos, mess.

Classrooms in chaos: Kids taught rights not responsibility

Some schools have banned red pens to avoid hurting feelings. Educational psychologist Clare Rowe says we’ve given kids rights, but forgotten to teach them responsibility.

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Are we seeing the end of schoolyard bullying?

From the playground to the classroom, Victorian schools are seeing fewer incidents of bullying, with teachers and principals credited for driving a cultural shift as students report feeling safer and more supported than in previous years.

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Revealed: The simple move that would stop teacher burnout

One key move would give Aussie teachers an extra 100 million hours a year and let them focus on their students. But it’s the opposite of what the Productivity Commission wants.

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Girls and boys learn in some segregated classes at Pittwater House.

Co-ed schools that segregate boys and girls – is it the best of both worlds?

Some co-ed schools have a secret weapon pitting them head-to-head with high-performing single-sex schools – they hold segregated classes for girls and boys. But does it work?

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NEWS ADVSchool kid chatbotsThebarton Senior College students Savha 16 Yr 11( white T-shirt), Marzila 24yr Yr11 withAlexis Wagner Library Manager using the education department-approved EdChat chat bot.Image/Russell Millard Photography

First Aussie state rolls out in-class bots to reduce teacher workload

Teens have sent nearly half a million questions to an AI classroom companion that’s officially approved for SA schools – find out how students and teachers are using it.

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Every state’s Top 100 Public High Schools – complete rankings

See where Australia’s secondary students are getting an outstanding public education with this complete collection of each state’s Top 100 Public High Schools list.

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‘I didn’t hit him hard’: Teacher who slapped student allowed to work with kids again

A former Blackburn High music teacher who admitted he “snapped” when he dragged a student out of the classroom and slapped them has had his Working With Children Check reinstated, despite calls for tougher penalties against offenders.

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Daily Telegraph. 10, September, 2025.**EMBARGO SUNDAY 4 MONDAY EDUCATION PILLAR** Amelie Wolfson, 17, Viola, Kama Zalejska, 18, Flute, Bodhi Patradoon, 18, Flute, and Thea Sholl, 18, Guitar, at the Conservatorium High School, in Sydney, today.Picture: Justin Lloyd.

NSW’s top 100 high schools revealed

Which NSW public schools are a class above at providing an exceptional education? See the full list of the state’s 100 top-ranking schools – including one named best in the nation.

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