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An unvetted teacher used another's identification to gain employment in a NSW public school. He taught for two days before he was busted.

A private school run by an "extremist cult" receives more in government funding per student than up to a third of the state's public schools.

Visual arts students are claiming "deceptive conduct" as a merger looms.

Year after the watchdog stepped in, vocational education scheme rorters have learned some new tricks, allegedly falsifying English language tests and skirting bans on free laptops.

There's not much to do in jail, says former prisoner Ken Casey. 

Bullying in Australian schools remains “unacceptably high,” a new report has found.

Much is said about education funding during election campaigns

Sydney University is no friend of the arts and set up its art school for failure as anger rages about the merger of its art school with the University of NSW.

Sydney may be left with just one tertiary art school, with the head of the National Art School conceding the institution may be forced into a merger with the University of NSW.

It was meant to streamline the education department's administration software but the Learning Management and Business Reform project has been dogged by technical faults and delays for years.  

Louisa Wilson's parents are up for five figures - and that's without paying her HECS.

Is a NSW child worth less? – asks the campaign run by the community childcare peak body.

The opposition leader saw a perfect spot for a new school in his electorate. But the land was quickly put out of reach.

Labor wants to throw money at education while the Coalition wants to cut corporate tax. Which one will deliver bigger economic growth in the long run?

The very first students to sit the HSC had no calculators. Can you answer the questions they faced?

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for maths and science to be made compulsory for all students finishing high school to arrest a steep decline in Australia's standards across both subject areas.

Two out of three students who competed for a Year 7 place at a selective high school this year missed out, Department of Education figures suggest.

For Randwick mum Emilie Capes, sending her two- and three-year-old to preschool is a crucial investment.

By now you should be working steadily on your Major Textiles.

The NSW government had dumped part of a $531 million enrolment system from the state's TAFE network after years of chaos and budget blowouts.

Private vocational courses cost taxpayers seven times as much as TAFE, new analysis finds.

Teacher was a relative of the college's owner and told the court she could not remember where the money came from.

Young people have it a lot tougher than their parents' generation, new study shows.

Geography is an investigation of the varied character of the earth and its people.

How will you fare with a sampling of Economics questions?

How will you fare with a sampling of General Mathematics questions?

Parents and residents are furious with government plans to redevelop a school in a high fire danger zone.

A new research centre at ANU hopes to put the spotlight on cognitive health.

Foreign language learning in Australia is in serious decline in the second decade of the so-called Asian Century.