Education
Schools dispute the results of one HSC subject twice as often as any other
Principals questioned about 200 HSC results over the past five years, but one subject was responsible for a fifth of the queries
- by Jordan Baker
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Teaching
New education centre aims to end culture war over student testing
Student testing has become a battleground for culture wars, warns the head of a new think tank aimed at restoring confidence in assessment.
- by Jordan Baker
School funding
Regional, rural schools seek funding sweetener
About 50 independent schools, including more than a dozen from Victoria, say the new needs-based school funding regime threatens the future of many regional and remote non-government schools.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Opinion
Education
What can data tell us about single-sex education for girls?
Performance data may well show girls do better academically in single-sex school settings. What is harder to determine is why.
- by Peter Adams
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Education
Out-of-area enrolment crackdown leaves parents with tough decision
An out-of-area enrolment crackdown has left some parents unable to send their youngest child to the same public school as their siblings
- by Jordan Baker
Education
2020 vision: Students' past scores key to VCE results in year of COVID
The aim of the process of determining educational disadvantage is to restore every student’s results to what they would be without the disruptions of 2020.
- by Adam Carey
Coronavirus pandemic
Scholar, carer: How Jolyon got through year 12 when his family got COVID-19
Year 12 student Jolyon Simpson had to juggle final-year studies with the job of looking after his parents, both of whom had COVID-19 and were sick and isolating.
- by Adam Carey
HSC
How patterns of study are shifting for HSC science students
Physics and chemistry enrolments have declined in the two years since new syllabuses were introduced, but teachers are not worried.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Education
No uniforms, no homework: Sydney's 'non-school' for students falling through the cracks
Classes will emphasise experiential learning, so English could be inspired by Netflix and maths might involve examining the garden.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Education
Parents can return to school grounds for speech days, P&C meetings
When the HSC is over, parents and carers can begin returning to school grounds for presentation days, formals, graduation ceremonies and P&C meetings.
- by Jordan Baker
Education
NSW town 'ambushed' by plan 'hatched in secret' to merge four schools
The government says it will develop "state-of-the-art" facilities on the new site, but teachers at all four schools vowed to reject the decision based on a lack of consultation.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos