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'School shopping': The trend leaving Sydney's high schools half-empty
Dozens of high schools sit-half empty as parents bypass their local schools
- by Jordan Baker & Nigel Gladstone
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'NAPLAN a serious distraction': top principal says test must go
The head of a top Sydney private school says no educators support what NAPLAN has become and that schools could face fee increases.
- by Pallavi Singhal
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Anti-Ramsay academics seek international support
Academics seek help from overseas colleagues, immigrant community in fight against Ramsay-funded western civilization degree
- by Jordan Baker
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'I don't want people with ATARs of 35 going into teaching': Labor's schools plan
Raising the ATAR required for teaching degrees and rethinking the NAPLAN tests will be areas of focus for Labor if it is elected at the next federal election.
- by Pallavi Singhal
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That Thinking Feeling
What our children can learn from some ambos' simple act of kindness
It’s a simple photograph of a man, in the back of an ambulance, enjoying a caramel sundae. But the story behind it says so much.
- by Madonna King
Education
Merici College to train all students in self-defence
Program aims to equip students with skills they could use to protect themselves if needed.
- by Han Nguyen
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Schools ordered to remove inaccurate Year 12 data
The state's admissions centres has asked schools to remove the offending VCE data from their websites.
- by Henrietta Cook
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School of Music scraps prestigious pre-uni course
Canberra's musical community is aghast at the ACT government's decision to stop funding the School of Music's lauded "H Course"
- by Sally Pryor
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Education
Teaching is a career calling, not a copout
The last time I heard the dreaded question was on the tram two days ago. My answer has been the same every time, since I was four years old.
- by Ally Bass
Education
Draft Ramsay terms have extra dose of 'donor hands off', says Sydney Uni
Sydney University's draft terms of engagement were "more donor hands off" than standard agreements, vice-chancellor Michael Spence has revealed.
- by Jordan Baker
Education
Investigators still can't explain asbestos at Canberra school
One parent, whose eight-year-old daughter was playing in garden beds at the school last week, said he hadn't heard anything from the school.
- by Sherryn Groch