Selective schools
Selective school test fiasco to undergo independent review
The former head of the federal education department will investigate to what led to computer failures and riot police being called to some testing centres.
- Emily Kowal
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- Opinion
Selective school fail: Why NSW has lost control of the beast it created
It’s time to stop prioritising the aspirations of politicians and parents and to focus on the interests of children. It’s time for serious and significant reform.
- Jordan Baker
The HSC subjects students are most likely to drop in year 12
The Herald analysis is based on subjects with more than 500 enrolled students, and shows how choices shift into the final year of high school.
- Emily Kowal, Nigel Gladstone and Lucy Carroll
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- Education
The Victorian schools where enrolments are booming
Enrolments have more than doubled at some schools over recent years and many others have also experienced rapid growth.
- Alex Crowe
After the crowd chaos, relief and glitches as students resit selective schools exam
Parents say connectivity issues hit a number of exam centres as pupils re-sat the competitive selective schools test.
- Christopher Harris
Parents rage at ‘unfair’ selective test. Aaradhya just wants it to be over
As students prepare to resit the test after technical glitches and organisational chaos, parents are up in arms about fairness.
- Emily Kowal
‘They are not mucking around, these parents’: Scale of selective test chaos emerges
The integrity of the high-stakes selective schools test has been questioned, and parents are still waiting for answers.
- Emily Kowal and Lucy Carroll
Where to find Melbourne’s best schools
Almost all of Melbourne’s best public schools are in the same area.
- Alex Crowe and The Visual Stories Team
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- Education
Why parents vote with their wallets to get kids into selective school
The state has created a two-tier public education system. But at what cost?
- The Herald's View
‘It’s a bit extreme’: Manha’s gruelling daily routine ahead of the selective schools test
Some 17,559 children will sit the selective school test this week for 4200 places. Ninety per cent of them have been coached.
- Frances Howe
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