Schools associated with the Church of Scientology are receiving more government funding per student than hundreds of Australian public schools.

A private school run by an "extremist cult" receives more in government funding per student than up to a third of the state's public schools.

Could priority check-in and airplane boarding for teachers fix the profession's image problem?

Microphones were snatched, a lawyer was allegedly assaulted and delegates were blockaded by "burly looking men," according to attendees, as the meeting to decide the future of thousands of students at Australia's Islamic schools descended into farce.

Student caps should be brought back in for degrees with limited employment opportunities, says NSW Education Minister.

Of the 6000 students who are offered a university place with an ATAR below 50, less than 20 per cent graduate. And taxpayers are footing the bill to the tune of $7bn.

"Sharp questions need to be answered" about funding of schools that preach "utter hatred" of the outside world, says Labor.

A Sydney higher education provider advertised $2800 "internships" at top consulting firm PwC.

Irina Bokova has outlined her achievements as the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as part of a pitch for the top UN role.

As a small child, Tara Al-Faisal witnessed a decapitation. More than 12,000 kilometres away, the Sydney teenager has a very different life now.

Universities will have to become more transparent on their admissions standards in the wake of an ATAR controversy.

As public debt blows out to an expected $4 billion, a NSW minister has launched a blistering attack on the federal government's handling of the private education sector.