Education
In a year of enormous challenges, the HSC has become smaller
A recalibrated sense of perspective in a changed and challenged world may be the silver lining for the HSC class of 2020.
- by Kate Rayment
Latest
Class of 2020
Crunch time is over: HSC exams begin after the 'most uncertain year'
After a year filled with more stress and uncertainty than most, experts are reminding year 12 students to look after their wellbeing and remain focused on the bigger picture.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
HSC
Exam halls cleaned, hand sanitiser at the ready as HSC week begins
All measures are in place to ensure the written exam period runs smoothly for the 76,000 students sitting tests from Tuesday, says NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Education
We must ensure all children return to school after lockdown
For a country as wealthy as ours, the prospect that some disadvantaged children may never go back to school is unacceptable.
- by Anton Leschen
Education
What makes a bilingual program successful?
Footscray Primary School's decision to change its bilingual teaching from Vietnamese to Italian has parents and teachers grappling with what a bilingual program needs to be successful.
- by Anna Prytz
Education
Lockdown forces schools to find new ways to welcome kinder kids
Schools are searching for new ways to transition kinder kids to prep after being told they cannot host them on-site under current coronavirus restrictions.
- by Adam Carey
Class of 2020
Cammeraygal High students first in their school to sit the HSC
The graduating class were the only children in the playground when they started year 7, which has led to a camaraderie that has steered them through COVID and the HSC.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Education
Video-conferencing lessons effective in helping children read: study
The findings could open up learning opportunities for struggling readers in rural and remote areas, who are often isolated from access to high-quality professionals.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Education
Music teachers vocal in protest at ban on singing, brass and woodwind
Music classes involving singing and certain instruments have been banned in Victorian schools in term four, prompting an outcry from teachers.
- by Adam Carey
Disability
New NSW schools policy will make it harder for children like Sam to be suspended
A royal commission heard the case of five-year-old Sam, who had been suspended seven times in his first 13 months of school.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Updated
Coronavirus pandemic
'No student left behind': Victorian government to deploy thousands of tutors
The Victorian government will deploy more than 4100 tutors across schools next year to ensure no student is left behind after the coronavirus pandemic.
- by Madeleine Heffernan