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As big tech abandons truth, teachers like me must be the fact-checkers

With the end of fact-checking on many platforms, our young people are exposed to a tsunami of misinformation. Do schools and educators now have a role in pushing back against this tide of fact-free opinion?

  • Fiona Richards

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Students can currently complete their schooling without learning the basics of Australia’s democratic system.

The students being left behind by WA’s private schools

A new analysis of data has shown more than 80 per cent of the state’s least-advantaged students were enrolled in a public school.

  • Holly Thompson
Langwarrin Park Primary School Principal Richard Barren has been charged over alleged child abuse material.

Primary school principal charged with possession of child abuse material

Federal police arrested the principal of a school in Melbourne’s south-east after a random airport baggage check and later seized electronic devices from his home.

  • Noel Towell and Hannah Hammoud
Coroner Audrey Jamieson found “clear and cogent evidence that the failures and shortcomings of World Challenge Expeditions and Kilvington Grammar” contributed to Lachlan’s death.

‘Devastating and unimaginable’: Private school fined over student’s death after overseas trip

Lachlan Cook’s trip to Vietnam with Kilvington Grammar should have been a highlight of his school years. Instead, it led to his death when his diabetes was mismanaged.

  • Caroline Schelle
Any one primary school class will contain students as much as five years apart in maths skills, and teachers struggle to differentiate the lessons.

New primary schools announced for Perth’s booming suburbs

The new schools will open at the beginning of the 2027 school year and cater to rapidly growing suburbs in the city’s north and south.

  • Holly Thompson
(Clockwise from left) Zac and Alex Boyd-Plymin, Ranveer and Rajveer Verma, Jacob and Olivia Kristiansen, and Ranbir and Harbir Brar are four of the five sets of twins starting year 7 at Marymede Catholic College’s new campus in Doreen.

The Melbourne suburbs facing the back-to-school crunch

As a million students return to their classrooms this week, schools are struggling to meet growing student demand.

  • Noel Towell and Daniella White
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Grace McKay is undertaking an automotive apprenticeship.

Tips and tricks for getting through high school – from students who just did

The start of the school year can be daunting for senior students, but last year’s graduates have some top tips to lessen the stress.

  • Alex Crowe
Teacher Dr Briony Schroor with Year 9 students at Nossal High School in Berwick.

How Melbourne’s selective schools stack up academically

The four select-entry public schools outperform many of their high-fee paying rivals – but are not without their critics.

  • Alex Crowe
Brighton Secondary College.

‘Incompetent’ Brighton teacher who failed to show up to own hearing banned from teaching

Hoa Tam Trinh, who was sacked from Brighton Secondary College after multiple complaints about his behaviour, skipped a disciplinary hearing accusing him of serious misconduct.

  • Caroline Schelle
Brisbane State High School is one of the city’s largest schools, but it also has one of the lowest suspension and exclusion rates.

The families dominating Perth’s best public schools

Students from these families take up the lions share of the cohort at the top-performing public schools in last year’s ATAR exams.

  • Holly Thompson

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