Reporter and social media assistant at The Sydney Morning Herald
Nellie Joseph, 14, got into an elite private school in Sydney's east on a rare sporting scholarship and plays touch football, waterpolo and netball, but she suddenly doesn't see the point of staying in school until year 12.
The ATAR scaling system is rewarding students who study the lowest-level HSC general mathematics course with up to 6.5 marks more than those who opt for the advanced 2-unit maths course, creating a 'loophole' that is pushing high-achieving students into the less challenging course.
Catholic education bodies have slammed federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham for sending letters to principals with funding estimates that contained numerical errors.
"You should not rely on these figures for future planning or budgeting purposes," Mark Scott warned.
Fewer than half of all year 9 students are expected to achieve the required NAPLAN result.
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.
Labor says the Berejiklian government is only pretending to take action on state school maintenance.
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.
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.
Teachers have gotten hours back in the classroom and students are more engaged since Allambie Heights Public School stopped giving homework.
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