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Education
Double or nothing: Why NSW rejected billions for public school children
The funding stand-off comes as total number of permanent and temporary teachers has gone backwards in NSW.
- by Christopher Harris and Lucy Carroll
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Education
‘We need to keep improving’: Almost half of year 1 students not reading at expected level
The NSW phonics check shows 45 percent of students are falling below par, with a vast gap between advantaged students and their disadvantaged peers.
- by Lucy Carroll
Top Sydney principal criticises ‘odd’ teacher salary plan
The SCEGGS Darlinghurst principal criticised plans to reward 10 per cent of state school teachers with a $150,000 salary, revealing her own staff’s pay.
- by Mary Ward
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NSW Votes
‘We have a retention crisis’: $40,000 pay rises pledged for top NSW teachers
Six hundred public school teachers would earn salaries of up to $152,000 under a Coalition election promise to stop the best educators leaving the classroom.
- by Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
The changes coming to the new primary school curriculum this week
Almost 65,000 kindergarten students will start at NSW public schools this week, learning a new curriculum that focuses on phonics to learn to read.
- by Lucy Carroll and Mary Ward
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Education
Teachers fast tracked into classrooms with promise to scrap two-year qualification
More than 9000 aspiring teachers have been deterred from entering the profession because of the requirement to undertake a two-year master’s teaching degree, a NSW Productivity Commission report says.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Education
‘An issue of choice’: New eastern suburbs high school under consideration
Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said the government will consult parents, students and local communities about a new public high school in eastern Sydney.
- by Lucy Carroll
Pay of almost $150,000 for ‘expert teachers’ in reform proposal
A survey of 1350 public school teachers found more than two-thirds would be interested in taking on one of the proposed roles.
- by Lucy Carroll
New Sydney public schools to share space with shops, apartments under radical proposal
A plan for an education campus at Macquarie Park, with a capacity of up to 3000 students, could include shops and high-rise apartments on the same site.
- by Lucy Carroll
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City life
Nigel Farage in Australia thanks to Sydney porn king
Mr Brexit is back. And he’s promising plenty of entertainment.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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Education
Boys and girls at other schools ‘involved’ in Knox Grammar scandal
Principal Scott James told parents on Tuesday that 20 Knox students have faced or are facing disciplinary action after offensive material was posted in an online group.
- by Lucy Carroll and Jordan Baker
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