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.
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Pallavi Singhal
Reporter and social media assistant at The Sydney Morning Herald
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.
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.
Disadvantaged NSW students chosen for 'breathtaking' Cambodia experience
Dale Clarke, 16, has never left Sydney's south west, but he and four special needs students are packing their bags for a trip to Cambodia to teach orphaned primary school students about Australia.
Australia ranked third last in quality education study
Only Romania and Turkey were ranked below Australia in education in the latest UNICEF report card.
The students most likely to drop out of university
More than half of all students starting a bachelor degree at an Australian university are now admitted on a basis other than their Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR), despite this cohort having one of the highest dropout rates.
Year 5 NAPLAN scores could be shaping career goals
Children as young as 10 are choosing a career path based on NAPLAN results and gender.
The parents teaching their own children in schools
When Sabrina Ahmed stepped forward to lead a reading lesson in her daughter's year 1 class, her hands were shaking.
'It's low-stress': NAPLAN chief's vision for school test
In future, students may be able to choose when and how much of the literacy and numeracy test they sit at once.
Lifeline for 2800 Careers Australia students, but 12,000 remain in limbo
At least 2800 nursing and trades students and 143 staff at one of Australia's largest private colleges have been thrown a lifeline after the collapse of Careers Australia.
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