NSW government ditches $55m a year children's reading program

A reading program that has been used in up to 960 schools for more than 30 years has been abandoned.

'Shovelling people through': Commando Steve's fitness institute under fire again

The fitness college empire that has been heavily promoted by Steve "Commando" Willis has once again come under fire for its lack of facilities, poor training and a "scholarship" scheme that encourages students into $15,000 worth of debt.

The real marks needed to get into Sydney University

Only 67 per cent of students admitted to a Bachelor of Commerce degree at Sydney University received the required ATAR of 95.

How to get a scholarship in two minutes

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Private colleges are offering 100 per cent NSW taxpayer funded scholarships with minimal government oversight at the same time as the national regulator attempts to claw back hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding on the scandal plagued vocational education sector.

The fallacy of single-sex education

A review of 1.6 million students has failed to find any advantages to single-sex education, says the former president of American Psychological Association Diane Halpern.

NT government has most female represensation in cabinet in Australian history

The Northern Territory will have the largest female majority cabinet in the country after its Labor government elected five women to its eight person leadership team.

Company at centre of donations furore a beneficiary of visa program

The education company at the centre of a donations furore that put a halt to the front bench career of Senator Sam Dastyari is one of the greatest beneficiaries of the government's streamlined visa program, new data from the department of education reveals.

TAFE should be more like a 'large supermarket chain' says TAFE chief

Teachers say he is comparing education to shopping for washing powder.

'I hope no one paid for this': Minister slams schools report

NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has slammed a federal productivity commission report into the nation's schools as a waste of money.