Alexandra Smith
The state government will not investigate a radical method of education gaining popularity in NSW despite the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry which warned "unschooling" could be a form of "educational neglect".
Eamonn Duff
A Catholic priest has been found guilty of common assault and dismissed from his Sydney parish after he smacked a child in church. But that's not what the congregation was told.
Cosima Marriner and Neelima Choahan
Banning nuts in schools for older children does not protect them from anaphylactic attacks, but can instead cause resentment and bullying of the growing number of kids with food allergies, schools and parents are now being told.
Eryk Bagshaw
State and federal government funding for nearly half of the nation's independent schools could soon outstrip public funding for the average public school if the final two years of Gonski reforms are not implemented, a new report has revealed.