A 'second chance' for kids failing maths
There is a way to minimise the impact of a student's background, an expert says.
'I'm lucky in that I'm supported'
Ashley and Sarah will each have done 30 weeks of unpaid work when they finish their degrees.
Lessons from a year in the life of a school
This ob-doc follows one school's efforts to go from bottom of the educational pile to the top.
Goodbye from Third Degree and reflections on the state of higher education
Higher education has been in a state of crisis and threat of massive reform for years and Third Degree has borne witness to it all.
Start school or stay and play?
Four-and-a-half, five-and-a-half or six? Kirstine Russell has tried every age point at which a child should start school.
Kids in space: a Melbourne primary school puts an astronaut in the hot seat
There is a famous scene from The Right Stuff, the movie about the first astronauts, where the entire world sits on the edge of its seat, waiting for word from John Glenn on his overheated re-entry to Earth, NASA control calling to him, time and again. Everybody waiting.
Sydney University receives $1.75 million donation for new museum
Two of Sydney's most important arts patrons are donating $1.75 million to the new Chau Chak Wing Museum at Sydney University.
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.
Sydney Uni cracks down on colleges
A joint task force is being set up to tackle the culture of the university's residential colleges.
Why the vice-chancellor had to act
Sandwiched between abhorrent college traditions and the social norms of 21st century, Michael Spence had to act.
Schools and pensions suffer from the same policy failure
Some private schools get more from the government than public schools, and that's seriously wrong.
Failing grades for both parties on education policy
Private schools get more from the government than public schools, and that's seriously wrong.
'I don't remember anything'
Kendra Murphy was horrified when her name was broadcast on the weekly ''lolly buffet''.
Melodie Potts Rosevear: the woman behind Teach for Australia
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.
One-quarter of Sydney Uni students harassed
''Any incident that goes unreported is a cause for concern'', university says.
'These people have behaved disgracefully'
Electrician Ryan Nilsson says private training provider 'dumbed down' the course.
'Internships' advertised for thousands of dollars
A Sydney higher education provider advertised $2800 "internships" at top consulting firm PwC.
Shrinking the tyranny of distance
More than 2500 VCE students each year take at least one subject from the Distance Education Centre Victoria in Thornbury. This high-tech school is far removed from the correspondence schools of old and it opens up choice for students everywhere.
Thousands of duped students freed of debt
Students saddled with thousands of dollars of course fees will have their public debt reversed, after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission successfully pursued private college network Careers Australia for $44 million.
Education news in brief
Law Week includes focus on family violence; family diversity celebrated; needs of students with autism analysed; cost to reefs of overfishing sharks revealed; e-Learning helps students with disabilities and free trade agreement opens up Singapore to Australian law graduates.
Kids' play - why you should set them free
There's a debate raging amongst the pots of glue and crayons: is craft in pre-schools all about presents for mummy and daddy and a waste of time for the kids?
Wesley College defies university
A Sydney University college that drew outrage over a "slut-shaming" journal is refusing to co-operate with an investigation.
New benchmark for measuring school success
The new measure is kept secret because of sensitivity around the potential to name and shame.
The schools that could swing the election
It's an emotional appeal to aspirational voters - but will it work?
Work and study still a challenge for those with an intellectual disability
For young adults with an intellectual disability, finding work or suitable post-school study is an enormous challenge but there are some pockets of hope and opportunity.
Sydney school asks boy to skip Naplan
The boy was 'singled out specifically and invited to withdraw' - and not for the first time - his distressed mum says.
Sydney Uni college students 'slut shame' residents
Female students say they are being humiliated and defamed in a journal.
Lessons from the postcodes of disadvantage
Research from Jesuit Social Services shows disadvantage is entrenched in some areas of Victoria, presenting huge challenges for dedicated teachers. So, if you had a choice of teaching in a well-resourced school with middle-class kids and parents, why would you choose a much tougher gig?
'Hilarious' colonial show urged to include Indigenous history
A show which tours NSW schools - and uses blackface in a performance about Africa - has come under fire.
Kids split on computerised NAPLAN
Zoe says computer. Mokshada says paper. Either way, the girls from Girraween have made it through their first Naplan test.