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The Perth private schools with the highest-earning parents revealed
This is the first time income figures for parents at WA private schools have been published and experts say they highlight how significantly public schools are underfunded.
- by Holly Thompson
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Meet the Allards, a family who take their kids on holiday during school
An education expert says she would not be surprised if COVID did not have a radical effect on parents’ willingness to just say “stuff it, pack your bags, we’re off”.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Brisbane students skipped more than 2.6 million school days last year
School absenteeism has not recovered to pre-COVID levels. Search every Brisbane state primary and high school’s attendance rates for the past three years.
- by Felicity Caldwell
The university vowed not to spy on students. Now it’s using tracking data to punish them
Human rights experts have raised concerns over the University of Melbourne’s use of tracking technology to identify students staging a pro-Palestinian sit-in on campus.
- by Alex Crowe
Push for Melbourne all-girls school to go co-ed as enrolments continue to dwindle
Mentone, Canterbury, Melbourne, Pascoe Vale and Matthew Flinders girls’ colleges have all declined in enrolments since 2018.
- by Alex Crowe
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‘We run the school’: The man behind Sydney’s top-performing Reddam House
The for-profit private school is looking to the inner west, Sutherland Shire and lower northern beaches named as potential sites for expansion.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Legal action to prevent terrorised teachers getting help
The Education Department is trying to block a WorkSafe demand for an in-house mental health worker for teachers at a troubled high school.
- by Noel Towell
‘Full-scale offensive’: Sydney University restricts all student protests on campus
Students now need permission to use megaphones and must give three days’ notice for any protests on campus.
- by Daniella White and Lucy Carroll
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Former Shore headmaster takes legal action against school
Tim Petterson left in July 2022 after a review of the school’s culture found new leadership was needed.
- by Lucy Carroll
$1.1 billion black hole: Unis brace for loss of tens of thousands of students
New economic modelling suggests universities are facing a funding shortfall of more than $1 billion under the federal government’s crackdown.
- by Daniella White
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Schools warned off AI-generated student reports and newsletters
Victoria’s new policy on artificial intelligence in schools warns teachers and principals to keep the human touch in assessments and reports.
- by Caroline Schelle and Noel Towell