Education
Parents fight back after principals told to sign statement opposing same-sex marriage
Parents at a co-ed Anglican school are resisting a controversial rule that its next principal sign a document stating they believe marriage is just between a man and a woman.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Bus crashes, bushfires and deaths: How schools deal with life-changing trauma
All schools have critical incident management plans and teams, but when disasters strike, there is a broader system to help schools stay open and students and staff to heal.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
On schools, Michael Chaney says we need to look beyond money
The business leader and chairman of the National School Resourcing Board explains why no government will stop funding private schools, and why he doesn’t fear a recession.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
School camps saved: $130m peace deal will cover time in lieu for teachers
Teachers attending overnight camps will be compensated for their time in a Fair Work decision that will give schools planning certainty.
- by Adam Carey and Nicole Precel
Busting the myths and misconceptions of homeschooling in WA
A dance school in Perth’s south has offered students a way to do what they love without compromising their education as part of a homeschooling program.
- by Holly Thompson
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Education
How a former garbage collector became the boss of the state’s schools
Murat Dizdar was once a part-time garbage collector in Sydney’s inner west. The former public school principal and teacher has now been appointed secretary of the NSW Department of Education.
- by Lucy Carroll
Short lunch breaks, remote study: Catholic schools unveil radical timetable experiment
Educators say the changes will push students to be more independent before they graduate – but not all parents are pleased, saying their children are being treated like “guinea pigs”.
- by Adam Carey
Monash Uni loses bid to rewrite workplace agreement in $9m unpaid wages fight
The National Tertiary Education Union has accused the university of trying to use the industrial umpire to dodge an alleged wage theft bill of $9 million.
- by Adam Carey
The new course that guarantees a place at university - without needing to sit ATAR exams
Edith Cowan University has created a year 12 program aimed at getting students with lower educational advantage into university, without needing to take ATAR exams.
- by Holly Thompson
Popular schools slapped with restrictions to control runaway demand
Enrolment restrictions have been imposed on more than 100 of Melbourne’s most sought-after state schools, as the Andrews government looks to discourage “school shopping”.
- by Adam Carey
Opinion
International students
Being an international student is not all bad. Some of it is terrible
Australian university brochures promise foreign students a utopia. Instead, just weeks after arrival I had nearly run out of money, was slaving in a commercial kitchen and couldn’t find accommodation.
- by Daksh Tyagi