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School's future uncertain as its becomes $200m development battleground
Plans to relocate Hurlstone Agricultural High and sell its farmland for development hang in the balance, with Labor saying it will scrap the $200 million plan and preserve the school
- by Jordan Baker
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Principal departs, parents call for expert review into school violence
The principal of a Canberra school at the centre of recent debate about violence has stepped down, amid calls for an ACT-wide inquiry into schoolyard attacks.
- by Sherryn Groch
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'Not without a fight': The radical plan to overhaul NAPLAN
A Gonski proposal to overhaul NAPLAN and remove comparisons on My School has met resistance from parents, who wouldn't give up the data "without a fight"
- by Jordan Baker
Education
WA students suspended after meme page calls teacher a 'rapist'
One of the posts ridiculing a teacher for "liking 12-year-olds" was liked by 75 people, including some students.
- by Kaylee Meerton
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Students learn the art of fine winemaking, but tasting is off the menu
It's harvest time at one of the few secondary schools with its own vineyard.
- by Carolyn Webb
Education
'Everything Tarrant identifies...is true': Ramsay Centre under fire for speakers
The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation has come under fire over its 2019 lecture series speakers.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Education
University of Queensland college to admit women for first time
After 107 years the University of Queensland's King's College has in 2019 decided to allow women students to become members and use their accommodation from next year.
- by Tony Moore
Education
Calls to ban controversial nutritionist from University of Melbourne
Scientists and clinicians are calling on the University of Melbourne to cancel a seminar by a controversial nutritionist who has claimed a high-fat diet "starves" cancer.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Minister won't hear from people affected by school violence in review
ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry won't hear from students, teachers and parents affected by school violence and nor will an independent advisory group.
- by Sherryn Groch and Jasper Lindell
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200 cases of violence against teachers in first month back at school
But a government review looking into the management of violence in schools is unlikely to hear directly from those affected or investigate specific schools.
- by Sherryn Groch
Education
How high schools are partnering with universities to take the 'mystery' out of uni
Starting university is becoming less of a daunting prospect for a host of Melbourne secondary students.
- by Anna Prytz