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HSC, NAPLAN targets for every school, but principals warn of perverse outcomes
Principals warn the benchmarks could lead to “peverse” outcomes such as students being pressured to do easier HSC subjects, or schools refusing to take difficult kids.
- by Jordan Baker
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‘Up and not out’: Sydney to get more vertical schools in highly populated areas
A shortage of affordable land in densely populated parts of Sydney is forcing education officials to consider building more vertical schools.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Megan Gorrey
‘Exhausted’ teachers seek hefty pay rise and smaller class sizes
State school staff are pushing for pay rises of 7 per cent, significant cuts to face-to-face teaching hours and smaller class sizes.
- by Adam Carey
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School studies review focuses on Australia’s own ancient history
Today on Please Explain, the Herald’s Education Editor Jordan Baker joins Tory Maguire to look at the reaction to recommended changes to the school curriculum.
- by Tory Maguire
‘Still a way to go’ on consent and power content in new Australian curriculum
Education experts say the introduction of specific consent and power content in the curriculum is a positive development but could go even further.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Lisa Visentin
More First Nations, less Christian heritage in curriculum changes
Proposed changes to the national curriculum will also take references to Australia’s ‘Christian heritage’ out of civics in favour of ‘secular’ and ‘multi-faith’.
- by Jordan Baker, Natassia Chrysanthos and Lisa Visentin
New curriculum teaches cultural diversity, dumps ‘Christian heritage’
A revised Australian curriculum will give greater weight to First Nations people and to the nation’s growing cultural diversity, while an emphasis on “Christian heritage” will be removed.
- by Adam Carey, Anna Prytz and Lisa Visentin
Students to be taught about ‘invasion’ experience of First Nations Australians in proposed curriculum changes
School students will be taught for the first time that First Nations Australians experienced European colonisation as an invasion under proposed changes to the national curriculum.
- by Jordan Baker
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St Paul’s, once known for its sexist culture, considers enrolling women
St Paul’s, one of just three all-male undergraduate university colleges, is considering enrolling women
- by Jordan Baker
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Consent crisis
Let’s talk about sex: conversation about consent is good for boys too
I cannot tell you how badly I wished there was greater education around sex and consent in my high school years.
- by Marnie Vinall
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Fears for school students left to their own devices
Nine out of 10 parents admit they too are distracted by their own devices, making it difficult for them to be role models for their kids.
- by Jordan Baker and Josh Dye