New preschool funding misses 70pc of children
The cost of childcare to the bulk of NSW families could actually increase after the government's multi-million dollar funding boost to the early childhood sector, industry sources say.
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Kelsey Munro
Kelsey Munro is Acting Education Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Tim gave up his six-figure job in LA only to land in Sydney's college war
The University of Sydney could be forced to repay millions of dollars to Sydney College of the Arts students, after almost 200 have commenced action for misleading and deceptive conduct under the consumer law.
Will every child at every school ever get a fair go?
The Gonski plan represented the best opportunity for reform of school funding in a generation. But five years later, is the Gonski plan dead?
Chinese media a threat to social cohesion, but propaganda overstated: report
New online Chinese language media outlets have the potential to "polarise the Australian Chinese community against mainstream Australian society", a report has found.
Our universities' global rankings revealed
Australian universities' investment in research has driven improvement in their global rankings, according to a global higher education think tank that produces one of the most influential world university league tables, released Tuesday.
How Sydney's schools can be more like Finland's
NSW schools should learn from Finland and judge schools on broader measures than NAPLAN, the secondary principals association says.
Schoolgirl's self-harm on social media picked up half a world away
The girl was 12 years old, sitting in front of her phone camera at her home in Australia with a knife in her hand.
Private school bans social media app that 'sexualises' young girls
Musical.ly, an app that allows users to make short videos of themselves lip-syncing to pop songs might sound harmless, but Wenona School on Sydney's north shore has banned the app over concerns about child safety and "highly sexualised dance moves".
The truth about university rankings
The Good Universities Guide is released Monday, and in it, prospective students and their families will get a very different picture of Australia's top universities.
It's war for the city's flagpoles
On Saturday, the main western thoroughfare out of the City will become a sea of prospective students.
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