Education
The Sydney schools lifting their NAPLAN results
How one tiny school in Sydney's west has bucked the national trend of flatlining or declining NAPLAN results.
- by Pallavi Singhal
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Education
Adrian Piccoli's new institute to look at education's trickiest questions
The University of NSW's Gonski Institute will look at whether the ATAR system is discouraging hard work and if families need to play a bigger role in education.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Opinion
Guns
Guns have no place in schools
If a teacher manages to take down a gunman, how would they be able to return to the classroom and carry on teaching?
- by Taylah Bush
Education
NSW public school students placed in scripture classes against parents' wishes
Non-scripture students at a NSW public school have been repeatedly placed in scripture classes and told they need to have an interview with a deputy principal.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Opinion
Education
Honorary doctorates can leave real students feeling a little miffed
Even awarding a doctorate to an actual Muppet (as Southampton College did for Kermit the Frog) can bring about positive publicity for a university.
- by Mitchell Landrigan
Opinion
Education
We need to provide alternative to onslaught of negativity that is harming our children
In young people in particular, ‘sad crying’ is one way we reach out when we are frightened, anxious, or stressed, and need support. Crying activates the body in a healthy way. It is definitely not the moment to reject the person crying, to call on them to ‘toughen up’, or ‘to be a man’.
- by William McKeith
Education
Australian students go backwards in maths, reading and science: report
The proportion of Australian 15-year-olds reaching international baseline levels in maths, reading and science has fallen significantly.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Education
Rewind - University life
"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Private schools
Without girls' voices half the conversation is missing
Students from across the globe set their sights on becoming future leaders.
- by Amanda Phelan
Education
Schools' challenge started in Sydney attracts an international crowd
A home-grown, close-fought academic competition now fields teams from Asia and Europe.
- by Amanda Phelan
Education
'Working with young people a privilege' says just-retired head
The role of a school head is widely discussed, analysed, judged – and often misunderstood.
- by Mal Chenu