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Former teacher accused of sexually assaulting teen student
A former Melbourne teacher is accused of indecently assaulting and abusing a teenage girl in the late 1990s while a teacher at an inner-north school.
- by Caroline Schelle
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School refuses to tell dad whether alleged coward punch student has been expelled
The father of a 14-year-old boy allegedly coward punched at an Ellenbrook Shopping Centre says he is disappointed the school that both boys attend has failed to tell him whether the alleged attacker has been expelled.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Inside this Sydney private school’s $60 million castle
Eastern suburbs private school Scots College will this week unveil the faux baronial castle after years of delay and budget blowouts.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Free kinders charging parents for spots on waiting lists
Kindergartens are charging families up to $100 to go on waiting lists, as parents clamour to get into sought-after early learning spaces.
- by Nicole Precel
‘We support parent choice’: Uproar over NSW schools chief’s push to reconsider private schools
Premier Chris Minns says his government is “certainly not” going to take away options for parents after NSW’s head of public schools questioned if private schools should exist.
- by Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
NSW Education Department boss questions existence of private schools
Murat Dizdar has slighted his private sector counterparts by suggesting the education system could be better off without Catholic and independent schools.
- by Christopher Harris and Lucy Carroll
‘Listen to us’: Parents want more power for schools to deal with bullies after son, 8, attacked
Mason Farmer was hospitalised after he was attacked on the playground at a primary school in Perth’s eastern suburbs by a child the same age as him.
- by Holly Thompson
Rents soar in Perth’s most in-demand school zones
The cost to rent a house in some of Perth’s most in-demand school catchment areas has ballooned in a year, in one suburb by more than 50 per cent.
- by Holly Thompson
The three rules that rocketed this Sydney school up the HSC rankings
Boys are over-represented among struggling school students and under-represented in policy attention. Here’s how Balgowlah Boys and Marist College Eastwood found success.
- by Lucy Carroll
Why some school students are learning 60 hours a week
Some schools are offering organised activities 12 hours a day, as parents juggle working and commuting with children’s needs.
- by Bridie Smith
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‘They can’t even tie their shoelaces’: How young is too young for a school laptop?
Frustrated parents are pushing back against school technology policies that can ask students as young as six to bring devices to class each day.
- by Lucy Carroll
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