The lurking danger parents are missing

Kelsey Munro   In the past three years, 1849 people have been barred from working with children in NSW. Yet there's one group whose working with children status parents rarely check.

Is Naplan putting too much pressure on kids?

Kelsey Munro   "School is not for everyone," well-meaning people kept telling Lucy Clark, as her daughter struggled in high school.

$24 million funding for 'extremist cult' schools

Eryk Bagshaw   "Sharp questions need to be answered" about funding of schools that preach "utter hatred" of the outside world, says Labor.

Loophole could let paedophiles teach in NSW

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

Student numbers plummet in NSW VET sector

Eryk Bagshaw and Kelsey Munro   Report finds negative perceptions of scandal-plagued sector affects enrolments as thousands of students choose to go to university instead.

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Exclusive Brethren school gets record funding

Eryk Bagshaw   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.

Prison teachers plan 'an abdication of hope'

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

Dodgy educational salesmen exploit 'grey area'

Michael Bachelard   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.

SCA: Sixty students to take on Sydney Uni

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

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Cost of putting a child through uni

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

Why is a NSW preschooler worth less?

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

Foley's plan to build even more schools

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

How the parties can deliver economic growth

Jessica Irvine   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?

Make maths and science compulsory: PM

Eryk Bagshaw   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.