State school fees climb to $3243
Three thousand dollars a student. That's how much some Victorian state schools are collecting through parent payments and fees.
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Timna Jacks
Education Reporter at The Age
Hundreds of families complain of rising state school fees
Families unable to pay inflated state school fees have been shamed by schools and their children excluded from extracurricular activities, an independent review has revealed.
Spike in VCE special provision requests
The number of students receiving special consideration for their VCE exams is the highest it has ever been, with an unprecedented 64 per cent increase in the past five years.
Students in a spin as 'Choppergate' prank spurs muck-up day ban
Being told they'll have to finish year 12 'with dignity', and without the traditional muck-up day festivities, has angered students at a Geelong school.
Surge in school expulsions triggers watchdog probe
The Victorian watchdog will investigate whether schools are secretly expelling students in the wake of a 27 per cent rise in expulsions in the past a year.
She overcame 'putrid' abuse, now Nakia hopes her tale will help others
After 12 years of school, the Indigenous student thought she'd heard it all. Then, during a class on Aboriginal history, another student mumbled 'the Europeans should have killed them all'.
12-year-old tells Prime Minister her yiayia has the right to die
It took enormous strength for a 12-year-old to fight for her yiayia's right to die.
Tourists flock to goldfields in wake of lucky find
When news spread that a hobby miner found a 145-ounce golden nugget in the ground, reformed gamblers, tourists and prospectors flocked to Sovereign Hill.
Two dead in collisions at Oakleigh and Pental Island, near Swan Hill
Two people have died in separate motor vehicle accidents in Victoria on Friday.
Blackface outrage: Mother paints son's skin for Book Week parade
A mother who painted her son's skin black for a school Book Week parade has caused outrage on social media for a moment she described as a "parenting win".
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