Suspension of Safe Schools co-founder condemned
Henrietta Cook and Timna Jacks 1:08 PM Lawyers say La Trobe University may have broken the law by suspending Roz Ward, the co-founder of anti-bullying program the Safe Schools Coalition.
Latest education news
The formula for the perfect principal
Henrietta Cook and Craig Butt 12:01 AM but it's so complex principals, and many parents, can't understand it
Five hacks to fix Victoria's schools
Henrietta Cook Victoria might be called "The Education State", but its schools are far from perfect. Here are five ways to help fix it.
Uni suspends Safe Schools' Roz Ward
Henrietta Cook 11:40 PM La Trobe Uni suspends the co-founder of Safe Schools Coalition after she said the Australian flag was racist in a Facebook post.
Calls for better sex ed for international students due to spate of abortions
Timna Jacks, Henrietta Cook Poor sex education and unwanted sex has led to a spate of abortions among international students, according to insurers and health experts.
Parents enter alliance with private school
Timna Jacks There's a little-known trick to scoring a sizeable discount at one elite private school in the south-east.
Single-sex schools in transition as transgender students gain acceptance
Henrietta Cook The peak body for girls schools, the Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia, is urging its members to support transgender students.
VCE text test sparks censorship concerns
Timna Jacks VCE texts could soon have to meet a new test to ensure they don't offend different cultures in a move that has triggered concerns of "censorship".
Melbourne school talks to astronaut in space
John Elder "My name is Jake. What different jobs do you do on the space station. Over?" Long-distance education can be a revelation when a primary school can talk to someone in outer space.
Convicted cocaine trafficker allowed to teach
Henrietta Cook A woman convicted of trafficking cocaine and sentenced to nine years in a Spanish jail has been given the green light to teach in Victorian schools.
Lessons from a year in the life of a school
Karl Quinn This ob-doc follows one school's efforts to go from bottom of the educational pile to somewhere near the top.
Grade one student shocking sex acts cover up
Henrietta Cook Students at a Victorian state school have been left traumatised after a 7-year-old student sexually abused at least four younger classmates in the playground.
A brutal initiation into campus life
Henrietta Cook and Timna Jacks Emma Hunt's first taste of university life was cruel - she says she was raped at an O-week camp.
Melodie Potts Rosevear: the woman behind Teach for Australia
Kathy Evans A belief in the transformative power of education and a passion for bringing the brightest of the bright into Australia's most underprivileged schools motivates this high-powered American who has made her home here.
Education news in brief
A rise in family violence incidents has prompted a United Nations conference at a Victorian school; making Shakespeare relevant 400 years after his death; a new app to help nurses working in palliative care and more transparency for students thinking about higher education.
Melbourne Uni offers women's-only maths jobs
Timna Jacks The University of Melbourne is offering women's-only positions at the School of Mathematics and Statistics to beat a male-dominated culture that has long-plagued science and maths fields.
Deakin Uni cheats get kicked out
Timna Jacks University expels 13 engineering students after they were caught paying a third party to complete their assignments for them.
Preacher's dab hand angers secular state school parents
Henrietta Cook, Education Reporter Reggie Dabbs wears sneakers, has a booming American voice and plays the saxophone.
Bullied kids told to stop playing the victim
Henrietta Cook Children who are bullied are whingers that need to "stop playing the victim", according to a resilience coach hired by an elite Melbourne private school.
Union slams private vs public school funds gap
Carolyn Webb Union slams government over private school funding increasing at twice that of public schools.
Female student wins in fight to wear pants
Timna Jacks A Melbourne Catholic school accused of not allowing a female student to wear the boys' uniform pants has vowed to allow the student to switch uniforms and review its own policy.
Landmark payout for widow of Melbourne principal who took his own life
Henrietta Cook, Education Reporter The widow of a Melbourne principal who took his own life has won a landmark payout which could pave the way for better support for school leaders.
Opinion, Analysis
'White flight' parents are missing the big picture
It isn't racism – middle-class families are deserting schools based on class prejudice.
Middle-class life: when expectations are both high and narrow
Last week, The Age Education pages focused on the tragedy of parents hostile to education. But in middle-class families, the either/or choice of doctor or lawyer can be similarly soul-destroying.
The returns from better education are hard to beat
Don't look now, but this election is being fought on actual policy grounds.
'I make no apology for the success of my school'
The principal of Melbourne Girl's College tackles accusations of elitism and the notion of middle-class "white flight" from more disadvantaged schools
Learning true value of teachers
Good teaching and well-resourced education underpin the fabric of our society, writes Michael Short.
Australia's cultural heritage: parents who despise education
For every tiger mother pushing for high achievement, Australia has a pool of families that are anti-education and they condemn their children to a life of struggle.
Why parents must unplug their kids to improve their literacy
When teenagers switch on their phones and ipods, reading goes out the window and the evidence of this is in declining NAPLAN results between years 5 and 9.
A tale of two brains is more fiction than fact
Myths about left brain and right brain functioning stereotype children's capabilities and limit what parents and teachers expect of them.
No more classes, no more books ... and no permanent teachers either
Modern tertiary education has become a detached affair with online classes and e-books and that's just for the students. For teachers, the experience is mostly a casualised, isolated affair.
Turnbull's bias revealed in school funding plan
The government proposes turning its back on the schools where most Australian children get their education.
The school reform options we should be debating
Schools funding from 2018 onwards has been kicked down the road until early next year – after the election. Voters deserve to know what the Turnbull government is planning.
New curriculum is almost impossible to assess
Changes to the curriculum mean new challenges such as how success can be measured in ethics, social competence and creative thinking.
Cost shifting by Victorian government has short changed schools
Successive state governments have used increased federal government education spending as a way of reducing their own contribution.
New report: early development delays go on to mar educational achievement
Children who enter their first year of school behind in any of the five key areas of development are, without intervention, likely to remain behind throughout their education.
Culture shock awaits disadvantaged students who make it to uni
Enrolling at university is a huge achievement for disadvantaged students but once on campus they discover cultural and financial barriers remain.
University born of a dream of opportunity for all
Footscray Tech was begun in 1916 by a former Antarctic explorer with a dream of creating opportunities for young men from the western suburbs.Today that school is Victoria University.
What if passion is the highest qualification you need?
Worry less about ATAR and choosing the perfect course - the future demands flexibility and adaptability so passion will be the quality to carry young people further.
A 30-year teacher looks back with gratitude
The average tenure of a teacher today is three years; a three-decade veteran reflects on what he loved about the profession, what inspired him and why it is time to go.
Schools crisis comes with massive waste of tax dollars
Fishermans Bend provides a stark lesson in how not to plan a new community.
The private school myth that doesn't add up
Our grossly inequitable education system is propped up by a lie that even kids would find hard to swallow.
VET sector: a get-rich scheme for shonks and shysters
Competition policy is all very well, but beware the pitfalls of privatisation that led to the great unwinding of vocational education.
