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Parents in the dark as northern beaches school faces axe
A school in Sydney’s north is at risk of closing its doors after the school lost more than 200 students over the past six years.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Crumbling school hall forces students to miss an hour of class each day
Senior pupils at a primary school in Melbourne’s inner west are being transported by bus to a nearby college every day because of an “unsafe” building.
- by Caroline Schelle
The schools boss, the 120 messages and a multimillion-dollar contract
The former head of the NSW school building unit has conceded that he should have disclosed his relationship with the director of consulting firm Paxon Group.
- by Lucy Carroll
‘This is for Leon’: Perth teens’ quest to keep friend’s memory alive
It “felt almost impossible to reconcile” with the enormity of losing Leon. But his friends are now determined to do what they say he would have done for them.
- by Holly Thompson
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HSC cheating doubles as take-home assignment offences rise
Principals say schools are ramping up in-class work and handwritten tasks in a bid to combat the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
Four years ago, 800 teenagers left school. Then, they were tracked
Disadvantaged students’ pathways to a career are typically non-linear in the years after leaving school, a study has found.
- by Christopher Harris
Thousands take this crucial school exam. Most will be disappointed
Some parents pay up to $20,000 for tutoring, raising the stakes for students sitting the selective entry high schools exam on Saturday.
- by Nicole Precel and Caroline Schelle
Education minister promises to reduce WA teachers’ workload in first major speech
Sabine Winton spoke at the State School Teachers’ Union WA state council conference following the release of a survey which revealed the key reasons teachers had considered quitting.
- by Holly Thompson
Manning ICAC inquiry as it happened: Former head of School Infrastructure NSW quizzed on ethical, conflict of interest obligations
After nearly six weeks, the key subject of the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s investigation into School Infrastructure NSW is due to give evidence.
- by Michael McGowan and Michael Ruffles
‘Schools become a prison’: Parents must take responsibility for truancy, expert says
Parents and schools need to take an entirely new approach to school absenteeism, an academic says.
- by Noel Towell and Caroline Schelle
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‘Reclaim the classroom’: Catholic school discipline goes back to basics
Students at 290 Melbourne schools will be expected to meet higher standards of respect and behaviour under a new regime based on the principles of explicit instruction.
- by Noel Towell
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