La Trobe University could face legal action over suspension of Safe Schools co-founder Roz Ward
Henrietta Cook and Timna Jacks 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, over a Facebook comment that called...
Should we expel students for using drugs?
Timna Jacks, Education Reporter What do we talk about when we talk about education?
Too smart, too disruptive: The high-functioning autistic children our schools can't teach
Timna Jacks, Education Reporter Meet the kids who are too smart for a special school and too disruptive for a mainstream school.
Think you're eating flake? Think again...
Timna Jacks and Lucy Battersby Think you're buying flake (or gummy shark to be precise) from the local fish and chip joint? Think again.
Shelford Girls Grammar in Melbourne's little-known school deal
Timna Jacks, Education Reporter There's a little-known trick to scoring a sizeable discount at one elite private school in the South-East.
New test for VCE literature sparks censorship concerns
Timna Jacks, Education Reporter VCE humanities 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".
Why so many international students are getting 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.
Campus rape
Australian university life's nasty little secret: campus rape
Henrietta Cook and Timna Jacks Emma Hunt's first taste of university life was brutal.
Melbourne Uni offers women's-only maths jobs
Timna Jacks, Education Reporter 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 University students kicked out for 'contract cheating'
Timna Jacks, Education Reporter University expels 13 engineering students after they were caught paying a third party to complete their assignments for them.
Female student at Catholic school wins in fight to wear pants
Timna Jacks, Education Reporter 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.
VCE play accused of being 'anti-Israel propaganda'
Timna Jacks, Education Reporter A Jewish group has slammed the VCE authority for selecting a play for its Year 12 Drama curriculum which they claim portrays Israel as a "blood-thirsty, evil war-machine" and amounts to "anti-Israel...
White flight: Why are our state schools segregating?
Timna Jacks and Henrietta Cook State schools are supposed to accept all students - the wealthy, the poor, the disabled, the working class, the middle class.
Ben McGlynn to don white armband for Karen Belej
Timna Jacks Sydney Swans player Ben McGlynn is among sportsmen across the country wearing white armbands this weekend in memory of Karen Belej.
Taxi passengers could be slugged with $10 booking fee
Timna Jacks Taxi passengers could pay up to $10 extra for booking in peak hours, including Friday and Saturday nights and the eve of public holidays, if a proposal of review of taxi fares is adopted.
When Dutton's face became an ever-evolving meme
Timna Jacks You'd think that the staffers of of the most prominent Australian politicians, our Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, would have known by now, that asking a journalist to censor content - and then...
Clifton Hill Primary charges some parents $1000 to secure a place
Henrietta Cook and Timna Jacks One of Victoria's most affluent state schools s asking some parents to fork out $1000 to secure a place for their child.
'If you don't stand up, people just walk all over you...'
Timna Jacks Many years ago, Alan Chung was diagnosed by his psychiatrist with an "extremely unusual sense of fair play".
Only 'doctors and lawyers' get in to popular state schools
Timna Jacks and Henrietta Cook Tigist Desta doesn't have it easy.
White flight: race segregation in Melbourne state schools
Timna Jacks Natalie Sims was told not to send her son Daniel to Fitzroy Primary.
