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Childcare staffing crisis reveals children are unsupervised despite strict ratios

Childcare educators are risking their jobs by speaking out about dangerous staffing practices leaving up to 14 children with only one adult in the room.

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Temple Christian College students miss out on bus connections after train timetable changed - students Isaac Peplow - 16yrs (Glenalta), Alex Bellas - 16yrs (Pasadena) and Principal Marcel Rijken at the station

Private school, principal taken to court over Covid vaccine sackings

They were sacked after not proving their jab status – now these former staff want an Adelaide private school to pay for its actions.

A group of budding Brighton Grammar students have made their mark on the world stage, after defeating 82 other international teams in the Aramco STEM Racing World Champions 2025. The team comprises team members: Leo, Team Manager, Engineering Director, Liam, Cam Engineer, Max, Enterprise Director and Oliver, Cad Engineer. Picture: Supplied,

How five Brighton Grammar boys became world STEM champions

All the late-night tinkering has paid off for five Brighton Grammar students who engineered their way past 82 teams to be crowned global STEM champions.

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Teachers have shared the bizarre classrooms moments that left them struggling not to burst out laughing - or in need of a good cry.

A staff toilets ‘crying room’ and other wild ways teachers cope

It’s not easy being a teacher, and sometimes you just need to vent. But there’s also plenty of opportunities to embrace black humour at the bizarre stuff your students say.

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HOLDING FOR THE COURIER MAIL - Tutor E-Yong Lee from Lee Excellence Education Academy with students Owen Gu and Emily Paterson, Saturday, January 4, 2025 - Picture: Richard Walker

The top Qld state high schools where only one in three make the cut

Children as young as six are being tutored years in advance to get them ready for an education Hunger Games to secure a spot in one of the state’s top schools.

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Australian teacher exodus. Pictures: Supplied and iStock

4000+ Aussie classrooms without a teacher amid surge in school violence

Schools have failed to fill thousands of teaching roles in time for term one amid a mass exodus of educators and growing incidents of violence. See how your state fares.

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APY Lands - Indulkana, Mimili and Freegon. Sara Porsio, Principal of the Freegon Anangu school. 3 December 2024. Picture: Dean Martin

‘Fell in love with the kids’: Meet Australia’s most remote teacher

A French national raising her young family is one of the dozens of educators who have uprooted their lives to teach in some of the most remote, and underprivileged, schools on the planet.

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Elly Read, a fourth-year primary teacher. To go with a story about teacher salaries, her motivation for teaching is not about the money, and she is going to teach in the APY Lands this year. 15th January 2025. Picture Brett Hartwig

Aussie states where teachers cash-in while pay gap explodes

Public schools in Australia are facing chronic staff shortages but not everyone is prepared to pay up to fill the vacancies. See where wages are best (and where they’re not).

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Nicholas Cox, a former senior investment analyst. The story is Cox telling why he switched jobs to be a teacher.Picture by Wayne Taylor 22nd December 2024

‘I couldn’t wait to leave my six-figure career’

Financial analyst Nicholas Cox says he knows his earning power is about to take a big hit. But he still can’t wait to become a teacher.

Secondary students at Toowoomba Anglican School perform the dress rehearsal for the school's 2024 production of The Pirates of Penzance at the Empire Theatre. Photos by Catharine Mohr.

First look: Elite school to light up Empire with Pirates of Penzance

Toowoomba Anglican School students will be proving they’re the “model of a modern major-general” when the school’s production of the Pirates of Penzance kicks off this week.

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Hand holding phone, touching porn application icon with thumb. Picture: istock

The other ‘public health issue’ for our children besides social media

Consent education became mandatory for all schoolchildren in May 2023, now there are calls to also focus on porn literacy with rates of teens accessing explicit material a “public health issue”.

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Fairholme College students Janithya Dharmawardhane and Julia Rathie.

Top of the class: Why ace students were inspired to become doctors

Not only did Julia Rathie and Janithya Dharmawardhane both score ATARs above 99, they have also committed to medicine this year. Read about the special people who inspired them to become doctors

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