'Blown away': The classroom move that can improve test scores

At least one day a week, Amanda Lloyd's year 4 class can be found building shelters in the playground or drawing maps as they walk around the school.

Public school students fall behind as price not right

Students in public schools are missing out on important learning opportunities because of their parents' inability to pay, with one teacher saying parental attitudes are also to blame.

George Pell returns to Australia to face sex abuse charges

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Cardinal George Pell, Australia's highest ranking Catholic, has returned to Australia after being charged with historical sex offences.

Schools and universities welcome alternative to HSC exams

Students from three Sydney high schools will be able to get into university without having to sit HSC exams or get an ATAR under special agreements with a growing number of universities around Australia.

University of Sydney will not 'take control of residential colleges', says Michael Spence

The University of Sydney's vice-chancellor Dr Michael Spence says the university has no plans to take over the residential colleges, following claims by a St Paul's alumnus that Dr Spence's recent criticism of the scandal-plagued institution is part of a bid "to get control of the colleges".

'Complex, confusing and inconsistent': plan to increase uni ATAR transparency

Students will be able to see minimum and maximum ATARs for all university course offers from next month and the misleading term ATAR "cut-off" will be phased out, under a new national admissions transparency plan .

The forgotten link between schools and university success

There would need to be "a seismic change in the way we deliver education" to lower university dropout rates by focusing more on career advice in schools, the head of the career industry's peak body says.

The companies shaping public education

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Private companies are gaining unprecedented access to students' personal and academic data, drafting NAPLAN questions and producing teaching and learning materials, prompting fears that businesses are dictating the focus of public education policy.

Parents accuse Sydney school of 'emotional abuse'

Year 4 students were told they would never see their parents again as part of a school lesson.