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We have a bigger education problem than being bad at maths

Illustration: Matt Davidson

Spare a thought for Australia's 15-year-olds. If they don't have enough to contend with, between the immediate demands of Snapchat and a future of robots stealing their jobs, now they have to bear the brunt of a nation's slighted pride. 

Convicted $3.6 million day-care fraud granted bail

Melissa Jade Higgins outside the Downing Centre for her bail hearing.

A convicted family day-care fraud who stole $3.6 million from taxpayers through her Aussie Giggles day care centre has allegedly been receiving Centrelink study payments for Indigenous students despite not being Indigenous, the NSW District Court has heard.

How fake words can help kids learn to read

Back to basics phonics test to be rolled out in Australian schools.

A five-minute reading "check" for first-graders that includes made-up words like "beff" and "shup" that has dramatically improved early literacy rates in the UK is set to be adopted in Australia.