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Bonuses, cheaper degrees on agenda as ministers meet to tackle teacher shortage
Earn-while-you-learn degrees and bonuses for teachers who stay in the field have been put forward as ways to keep teachers in the classroom.
- by Adam Carey
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Bigger salaries for top teachers to stop classroom exodus
New teaching jobs paying up to $130,000 a year would be created to stop an exodus of teachers under sweeping reforms planned by the NSW government.
- by Lucy Carroll
Forget the fads: Maths teachers urged to focus on traditional teaching methods
A new report says teachers are often misinformed about how students learn and what works in the classroom.
- by Daniella White
Schoolgirl rape victim tells of nightmares, flashbacks after attack by ‘monster’
A girl who was raped by her schoolmate says the crime left her ashamed, damaged and a “shell of who I used to be”
- by Jordan Baker
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Why online study is the way of the future
Leading education providers pivoted to online during the pandemic, meaning that a world-class education has never been so attainable.
- by Nina Hendy
Country students fill boarding school beds left by internationals
Boarding school enrolments are down across Victoria after the pandemic forced a mass exodus of overseas students, but the proportion of boarders from regional Australia is increasing.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Adam Carey
The inner-city high school where ethics classes are run at an after-school club
A recent trial has expanded ethics classes from primary level to secondary – but the overall growth in ethics participation is being hampered by a lack of volunteers.
- by Lucy Carroll
The HSC student who’s studying four different language courses
Thousands of students have begun their HSC exams in a return to normality after last year’s COVID-19 disruptions.
- by Daniella White
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A Sydney high school banned mobile phones. It had dramatic results
Mobile phones go into a pouch that gets locked at the school gates at Davidson High School and related behavioural issues have dropped 90 per cent.
- by Andrew Taylor
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‘Sucked dry’: How a private school fell into financial ruin
Australia’s corporate regulator was warned two years ago the-then Kilmore International School was at risk, with high fees being paid to companies controlled by the school’s founder.
- by Chip Le Grand
University of New England vice chancellor resigns after schoolgirl assault charge
The girl’s father has accused Professor Brigid Heywood of wiping saliva on the student’s face and making a remark about the colour of her skin at a March event.
- by Daniella White and Harriet Alexander