UN asked to investigate 'abuses' of disabled students

The United Nations has been asked to investigate dozens of incidents where children with a disability were assaulted, locked in dark rooms and restrained in Australian schools.

Cramped classrooms cause for concern

Free range chickens have better rights than students in cramped Victorian schools, according to one Melbourne mother.

Bullying in Australian schools is falling, but still too high

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

Boom in websites selling lecture notes to uni students

Alastair Weng shares the secrets to his academic success for less than the price of a coffee.

Gonski funds being used by schools to pay off debt

Cash-strapped schools are using Gonski funding earmarked for disadvantaged students to pay off their debts.

Female student makes history, heads to coding Olympics

"That stereotype of men with nerdy glasses in a dark room is starting to go."

Unis pull the trigger on political correctness

University students are being warned when classes contains graphic or sensitive content, including sexual abuse, rape and transgenderism, to protect their mental health.

Private schools locked in facilities arms race

Private schools are outspending Victorian public schools by four to one.

Students taken to hospital after taking drugs

Two students have been taken to hospital after they overdosed on drugs at a school camp

Religious groups rise up in state school classrooms

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Religious groups are running anti-bullying, girls empowerment and mentoring programs in Victorian state schools, as cash-strapped principals outsource extra-curricular activities.

School choice is clogging our roads

Almost 60 per cent of Melbourne students are bypassing their local school, according to world renowned academic John Hattie.

St Catherine's deputy principal sues

Students were stranded by a cyclone, hospitalised with gastro and caught an aggressive strain of conjunctivitis during a school camp.

Schools battling to balance books

Victorian principals are struggling to make ends meet, with almost one in four state schools in deficit.

Journalism academic suspended

He tweeted that Sky News viewers were "masturbating chimps" and asked a commerce student whether he was happy to fail. Now he wants his job back.

Roz Ward get her job back

La Trobe University has withdrawn all allegations of misconduct against controversial academic Roz Ward and reinstated the Safe Schools founder.

The school the kids designed

They had grand visions of water fountains that spluttered cola and slides that carried students from the second floor to the playground.

Opposition vows to dump Safe Schools program

Victoria's controversial Safe Schools program will be axed if the Coalition wins the 2018 state election.

Suspension of Safe Schools co-founder condemned

Lawyers say La Trobe University may have broken the law by suspending Roz Ward.

The formula for the perfect principal

but it's so complex principals, and many parents, can't understand it

Five hacks to fix Victoria's schools

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

La Trobe Uni suspends the co-founder of Safe Schools Coalition after she said the Australian flag was racist in a Facebook post.