Reporter and social media assistant at The Sydney Morning Herald
About 7000 year 11 students will sit a new critical thinking exam this year, which has been developed as universities and employers stress that jobs of the future will require more than the traditional subjects taught in the Higher School Certificate.
For most of the 11,849 year 4 students who sat the "nerve-racking" opportunity class placement test on Wednesday, the results will be disappointing.
Doctors will spend far fewer hours diagnosing patients, accountants will do less maths, and direct instruction and grading will no longer be a major part of teaching, according to a new report.
More than 40 per cent of the 795,000 students in NSW's public schools do not list any religion on their enrolment form, according to new data.
NSW should consider selective primary schools for its most gifted students and give them the same early intervention as students with special needs, according to a leading academic in gifted education.
NSW's highly competitive selective school entry test is under review as the government moves to address concerns that wealthy families are buying their way into selective schools through expensive tutoring services.
A few hours after sunset on Thursday, the jacaranda tree that has been missing for nearly nine months was returned to the University of Sydney's quadrangle.
Since he graduated from high school three years ago, Paul Nguyen has done about 1000 hours of paid work and 6000 hours of volunteer work at youth centres and councils.
Men often go into teaching because they are interested in a particular subject while women want to shape children's future and make a social contribution, a new study has found.
At least one day a week, Amanda Lloyd's year 4 class can be found building shelters in the playground or drawing maps as they walk around the school.
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