'Scotch boys don't go to jail': when children sexually abuse other children
The country boy from central Victoria didn't understand the rules of one of Melbourne's most exclusive boarding schools.
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Student funding shortfall predicted
Every Victorian public school student will be $848 worse off every year under the Turnbull government's school funding plan, according to state Education Department figures.
Parents fear for local enrolments amid international student boom
Parents fear a surge in international student enrolments has shut local students out of popular Melbourne state schools.
Abuser free in Ireland after police bungle
A serial paedophile and former Geelong Grammar teacher who Victoria Police was set to charge with abusing studentsis roaming free in Ireland after being deported in an extraordinary inter-agency bungle.
Student anger at US missile-maker's uni lab
Students are up in arms about a US missile and war plane manufacturer opening a new research lab at the University of Melbourne.
Kambrya College students give school lesson on sexism
The crumpled piece of paper held up to the camera captured the schoolgirls' rage perfectly.
Private school principals get a lesson in porn
Victorian private schools are tackling a confronting issue.
Ice scourge strikes schools
The devastating impact of the drug ice has hit Victorian schools, with agencies fielding calls from desperate principals wanting help.
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
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.