Kelsey Munro is Acting Education Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Labor has accused the state government of "appalling failure" in neglecting public schools after a freedom of information request revealed that some have maintenance backlogs that would take up to 40 years to fix.
Public schools' share of students has increased for the second year running nationwide, marking a determined end to a 40 year decline in government school enrolments.
"It's no longer that you get ahead by tutoring, because everyone does it," says former student Calvin Yeung.
Grandmothers have emerged as the unlikely saviours of ethics classes in NSW primary schools, which are proving resilient despite the introduction of politically charged barriers to enrolment last year.
Barnaby Joyce's electorate is among the biggest beneficiaries of additional "Gonski" funding and among the likely biggest losers under the Coalition's school funding plan, a Herald analysis can reveal.
Belinda Wall knows how to turn around a struggling school. When she became principal of Woonona High School in 2011, just 15 per cent of the HSC students went on to study at university.
It's a frustration commonly voiced by teachers and educators: the media dedicate far more coverage to issues that are in reality the least important when it comes to effective teaching and learning.
Our slipping education results could be a turning point, if we allow it.
International students have given Sydney the thumbs up as a place to study, despite concerns about discrimination and the cost of living.
One of Sydney's largest private schools looks set to close after a tribunal upheld a federal government decision to revoke its funding over concerns it was operating for profit.
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