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Education Minister Ben Carroll.

Exam authority board sacked after thousands accessed VCE tests early

The report published on Tuesday found web pages that inadvertently published sample cover pages containing exam content had been viewed thousands of times.

  • Alex Crowe and Rachel Eddie

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Jayden Browne said he’s gone from failing to passing in all his subjects thanks to help in small group tuition.

Two years ago, Jayden was failing school. A single thing changed that

Almost 30 per cent of year 7 students are not meeting proficiency standards in reading. The NSW government plans to spend $80 million a year on a program to fix it.

  • Christopher Harris
Ankle bracelets are to be fitted to 50 underage offenders during a trial.

Key questions drag on ankle bracelet trial for teens accused of serious crimes

Victoria’s trial for putting monitoring devices on underage offenders is due to start this month, but where the teens will be sent is among the unanswered questions.

  • Caroline Schelle
The boys involved in the alleged assault were from Aveley Secondary College.

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.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Chris Chau, founder of Integral Education tutoring, with Samyak Jain (left) and Maahir Deora.

Families pay up to $20,000 to tutor children for select-entry school exams

As thousands of Victorian students prepare for the select-entry schools entrance exam, there are calls for reform to the admissions process and the tutoring industry.

  • Noel Towell
Perth’s highest-median suburbs in the March 2025 quarter, according to Domain homepage image.

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.

  • Holly Thompson
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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.

  • Lucy Carroll
Rumaysa was a student last year who experienced racism while at both primary and secondary school.

Rumaysa endured racism at school for years, and says indifference is fuelling its rise

Reports of racism in Victoria’s schools are surging as the Education Department receives at least one complaint every school day – a 28 per cent increase in 12 months.

  • Nicole Precel
Former School Infrastructure NSW CEO Anthony Manning.

ICAC to probe former School Infrastructure NSW boss

The state’s powerful anti-corruption body is investigating allegations bureaucrats from School Infrastructure awarded lucrative contracts to friends and business associates.

  • Lucy Carroll
Abbotsford Primary School principal Keith McNeil with students (front) Juliette, Lior and Chiara, and (rear) Lloyd, Daria and Madeleine.

The change coming to state schools that will save parents money

Expensive branded uniform requirements will be ditched for some items – like pants and socks – in a move designed to ease costs for families.

  • Alex Crowe

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