'We don't enrol a student, we enrol the family': how schools are trying to win over parents
In a bid to win over mums and dads, Victorian schools are running English classes, cooking lessons and even yoga sessions for parents.
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More schools 'may have been used inappropriately' to funnel away funds
Almost a dozen Victorian state schools are being investigated for potentially misusing taxpayer funds earmarked for needy students.
One in three principals victims of physical violence at school
If Australian principals received a collective health check, it would be summed up in four words: stressed and under attack.
Strike looms as teachers take first step towards industrial action
More than 50,000 Victorian teachers are preparing to take widespread industrial action over their "crushing" workload.
Schools would be forced to publish vaccination rates under Coalition plan
Parents would be able to choose schools based on their vaccination rates under proposal to stamp out outbreaks.
VCE honour roll: Are you a 40-plus student?
Education Minister James Merlino congratulates students.
The schools that do the best in the top VCE subjects
You've probably never heard of the state high school that outperformed almost every Victorian school to achieve three perfect scores in further maths.
Relief, happiness and disappointment as VCE results released
For five excruciating days, Natasha Kennedy resisted the temptation of opening her VCE results.
How one VCE dux escaped a bloody war
Saad Al-Kassab missed two years of school as mortars flew over his home in war-torn Syria.
Albert Park's inaugural Year 12s are first class
Campbell Rider is one of thousands of students in the public school system who watched on, as news of the VCE results at the state's top private schools rolled in.
The wait is over as thousands receive results
The long wait is over for VCE students who have not already received their results.
Landing a private school scholarship
What does it take to land a private school scholarship in the country's most prestigious schools?
Nerds don't make good teachers, Catholic schools warn
"Nerds" don't necessarily make good teachers, the Catholic Education Melbourne has declared in response to a state government plan to beef up teaching standards.
Tough new standards for Victorian teachers
Only the top 30 per cent of year 12 students will be able to study teaching following a dramatic shake-up of the profession.
The gender bias leaving girls without answers
For years, they were told nothing was wrong with their daughter.
An unlikely alliance: Victoria and NSW fight school funding changes
An unlikely alliance has been forged, with Victorian and NSW Education Ministers from the opposite sides of politics banding together to fight Turnbull government changes to school funding.
Trans students forced to register with VCE authority with unwanted gender tag
Transgender and gender diverse students are being forced to register with the VCE authority with the incorrect gende.
How robots could soon be teaching your kids
There's a new kid in school with flashing eyes who is a friend, a teacher and a great dancer.
Parents claim victory following new high school announcement
A new day, a flurry of new school announcements to ease the chronic overcrowding plaguing Victorian classrooms.
The $80,000 question that divided VCE Further Maths students
VCE Further Maths students debrief after the first of two exams for the subject.
Catholic school investigated over 'rort' gave students answers to crucial test
Alexander McDonald suspected something was fishy when he was given the answers to a crucial test to become a chef.
'Locker room mentality' of Melbourne High student traditions condemned by its principal
A scathing speech by a Melbourne High student has provoked a fiery response from the principal of the select-entry schoo.