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The public schools where parents pay thousands in fees
Parent contributions top $500,000 a year at some NSW public schools, with 22 schools earning the same in voluntary fees as 1764 other schools, new data reveals.
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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.
The deadly hidden disorder inside our universities
Rebecca Gallagher was less than six months into her first semester when she was found dead inside her University of Sydney college dormitory.
'Electronic abuse': the big time-waster for principals
Principals are increasingly forced to adjudicate spats on social media that involve "destructive comments" and "electronic abuse" that is hurled between students and parents, who use online forums to attack teachers or complain about their school.
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".
The French artist turning school toilet blocks into art
From tired looking demountables to old brick walls and even toilet blocks. Once drab Sydney schools are being transformed into works of art.
Court orders government to release $6.5m funding for Islamic School
A Federal Court judge orders the federal government to no longer withhold funding to one of Australia's largest Islamic schools.
Old computers and slow Wi-Fi putting NSW schools at risk
Students at NSW public schools are struggling with out-of-date computers and slow wireless networks and the key program that provides technology to all schools has not had a funding increase since 2004 despite soaring enrolments, a new Auditor General's report reveals.
'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 companies shaping public education
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.
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.
ACT universities hit top 100 in prestigious ranking
University of Canberra, Australian National University in inaugural Asia-Pacific University Rankings.
Unis reject claims they are rolling in cash
Australian universities have angrily rejected the Turnbull government's assertions they are receiving "rivers of gold" from the taxpayer and can easily absorb the funding cuts announced in the May budget.
The 'good' public schools that are only for the rich
The most sought-after public high schools and their strict catchment areas create a cycle of segregation between "rich" and "poor" schools and students.
These are the faces who will lead a brave new world
Fast forward to 2030 and the children who started school in 2017 will need to be just as skilled in critical thinking, creativity and empathy as they are in literacy and numeracy.
Parents fear price rises, quality cuts as Bain dominates after-school care
The traditionally community-owned before-and-after school care sector is under siege.
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.
The Sydney suburbs with the most educational advantage
Sydney's north shore suburbs are the state's most advantaged when it comes to education, but Paddington tops the overall list including having among the highest average NAPLAN scores in year 5 reading and numeracy.
The girls who could be the astronauts of the future
Julia Cummins fell in love with the idea of space travel after spending hours stargazing from home with her family's telescope.
The teachers paid less than carpenters
Australia is lagging significantly behind other OECD countries when it comes to the number of three-year-olds enrolled in high-quality preschool programs, and preschool leaders say a big part of the problem is low pay for early education teachers.
Word limits will 'fuel the HSC tutoring industry'
Leading English academics and former HSC chief examiners have warned that plans to make HSC English exams shorter and give questions word limits will make it easier for students to game the system and will "further fuel the HSC tutoring industry and its commercial gain".
The 50-year-old HSC student
Hekmat Alqus Hanna is the oldest student taking the exams this year. A humanitarian refugee from Iraq, he is determined to be a doctor again.