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Students get a taste of real life: No classrooms or lifts from mum and dad
A group of students at Wesley College won't step into a classroom for ten weeks - all in the hope of real world experience.
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How Snapchat helps me connect with the teens in my life
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A teen's plea to a brand for free nuggets breaks Twitter record
A tweet from a teenager asking US fast food chain Wendy's for a year's supply of free chicken nuggets has become the most retweeted ever.
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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.
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Dad who built Batmobile for son's formal will become the hero sick kids need right now
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What I learnt from watching 13 Reasons Why with my teenage son
The show exposes 13 people or incidents that Hannah Baker believed led to her death.
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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.
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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.
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Teen asks his grandma to prom, school says she's too old
Somehow, the school's administrators got wind of Bryce's plans - and that's when they fell apart.
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