'This can't be what education is about': Students, teachers react to Naplan changes
Fewer than half of all year 9 students are expected to achieve the required NAPLAN result.
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Regional students and apprentices win as government commits to Gonski 2.0
Regional university students will score treats from the federal budget goody bag, but most of the higher education sector will be left with crumbs as expected.
IB: Push for NSW government schools to offer HSC alternative
When Chiara Schwarz got to year 10, she had a decision to make: stay at Killara High School and do the HSC, or move to a private school so she could sit the International Baccalaureate.
'Falling apart': Government comes up $385m short on fixing schools
Labor says the Berejiklian government is only pretending to take action on state school maintenance.
The university degrees that students are avoiding in droves
The most stunning reversal of fortune over the past three decades is in computer science.
Vice-chancellors hit out at fee hikes, funding cuts
University leaders have lashed out at the Turnbull government's proposed cuts to higher education funding.
Student stabbed in eye at Sydney high school
A student is in hospital, another has been suspended and a police investigation is under way after a teenager was allegedly stabbed in the eye with a pen at a high school in Sydney's north.
The big finance company that no longer requires you to graduate uni
A leading finance company will let year 12 students bypass university and begin working as accountants and risk management consultants straight after high school from this year, and at least five other companies are in talks to do the same.
How a Sydney school solved the homework problem
Teachers have gotten hours back in the classroom and students are more engaged since Allambie Heights Public School stopped giving homework.
Why only some boys are better at maths
Girls are better at literacy from the age of 4 but boys aren't any better at maths until the age of 8, according to a new study of NAPLAN data that has major implications for parents and teachers.
New Sydney high-rise school for 1200 students revealed
A 14-storey high school will be built in inner Sydney as the government scrambles to meet a surge in enrolments.
Budget cuts would put universities in 'precarious' spot
Public universities could be pushed into a "precarious" financial position if their funding is cut in the federal budget, the peak body representing Australian universities has warned.
Unqualified teachers burning out as they 'try to keep ahead of kids'
Five months after graduating from university as a language teacher, Anna Du Plessis was asked to teach geography.
Revamped HSC maths syllabuses to be delayed
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.