Revamped HSC maths syllabuses to be delayed

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Students will not be taught the new advanced HSC maths courses until 2019, after teachers and academics were highly critical of the draft syllabuses and warned they should be delayed rather than rushed in.

'Huge skills gap': High school students falling behind four-year-olds

With the younger generation learning to code before they learn to read, today's high school students need to quickly catch up.

HSC students' wait for uni offers slashed dramatically

The body responsible for tertiary admissions moves to 'reduce the stress' of the month-long wait students currently face.

Three measures by which Australia's students are ahead of Finland's

PISA results conclude Australian students driven to do well during and after high school.

The lengths Seo Yoon went to for an Ivy League education

A 3½-hour critical reading, writing and mathematics test is at the centre of a booming tutoring market.

The high school students most likely to go to university

Girls who finished year 12 at a private school are most likely to go to university, as the gap between independent, Catholic and government school students who go on to higher education widens to its highest level in recent years.

State government to dump Safe Schools program in NSW

The NSW education minister, Rob Stokes, will dump the Safe Schools program and replace it with a new anti-bullying strategy when federal funding for the program runs out later this year.

How we are making boys feel like they belong at school

A new report, using the results from the largest ever high school survey of its kind, found there was a gender gap between boys and girls on most measures of student engagement and wellbeing.

One toilet per 60 children: Sydney's most overcrowded schools revealed

At one school, parents says there are 60 girls to a toilet and children access the playground in shifts.

Unis will take students who do not meet new HSC standard

Year 12 students who fail to meet the state government's new literacy and numeracy standard and do not receive their HSC will still be able to get an ATAR and go to university, the body responsible for admissions has confirmed.

More than 100 Kambala teachers signed no-confidence motion in principal

More than 100 teachers at the elite Sydney girls' school, Kambala, signed a motion of no confidence in the former principal, Debra Kelliher.

'Like learning the telephone book': the reading challenge for schools

The phonics check will be based on the UK model of a 5-7 minute test in which students are asked to read aloud 40 real and made-up words.

Government rejects findings of review into scripture in schools

The government has rejected the recommendations of an independent report into scripture teaching in the state's schools which would have forced providers to track student enrolment numbers and let students who opt out get on with their regular class work during scripture class time.

'Nasty campaign': head of elite Sydney girls' school resigns

The principal of Kambala School has resigned after parents and teachers mounted a campaign to have her removed.

Schools urged to abandon 'archaic stereotype'

As Alison Boston begins the hunt for a school for her four-year-old daughter Sadie, she knows one thing: she won't choose one that forces girls to wear skirts or dresses.

The 10,000 pieces of evidence that will settle the homework wars

For the first time, more than 10,000 pieces of international research have been pulled together to show NSW teachers what works - and what doesn't - in the classroom.

The school where even the playgrounds are a virtual reality

The highlight of Harry Bottero's school day is hanging out with his friends in a virtual quadrangle.

The matchmaking sites for students and tutors

Yuan Wang, of Castle Hill, was looking for a biology tutor for her Year 12 son Benjamin Huang. Paul Leone, of Castle Hill, was a science graduate with a distinction average looking for work. It took her about 30 seconds to find him, and he lived five minutes away.

The HSC course that has plummeted to just 1885 students

An innovative centre that has helped teachers learn how to use technology in the classroom as well as run student bootcamps in robotics and coding is being closed by the Department of Education.

Why Jaqueline became one of NSW's 24 per cent

After struggling to find a new job in Brazil for nearly two years, Jaqueline Menezes decided to quit her job as an accountant and move to Sydney to continue studying.

Forget the tents: there's a new kind of camp in town

This summer holidays, instead of the more traditional cricket or tennis camps, thousands of kids as young as 6 or 7 will be holed up in front of computers at privately-run coding and robot camps.