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Telling students they’re ‘elite’ fails them, their school and our society
There is a grave danger when an overprivileged individual leverages the network of an exclusive school to rise effortlessly into a senior position.
- by Adam Voigt
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Beware grown-ups who can’t let go of their sandstone private school
Attendance at private schools can buy membership to a lifelong club, in which some of the alumni expect to carry enduring influence.
- by Jordan Baker
Jelena Dokic pulls out of Cranbrook speech after ABC program
The former tennis champion and mental health advocate was due to attend an International Women’s Day event at the private school.
- by Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
This private school offers extra classes if students can’t master this simple task
Teachers say students struggle with holding a pen correctly and are sending them to lessons after class in a bid to improve writing speed.
- by Christopher Harris
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Cranbrook School council member steps aside
The Sydney private school is on the defensive over an upcoming Four Corners program critical of the eastern suburbs all-boys institution.
- by Lucy Carroll
Public schools got $570 per student last year – their private rivals raked in $15,000
Government schools in Victoria received almost $150 less per student than before COVID, as the state’s top private schools bank hundreds of millions in income.
- by Robyn Grace
Swimming pools, recreation centres: WA’s top-spending private schools revealed
Private schools are using taxpayer dollars to build swimming pools and expensive recreation facilities while public schools are squeezing more students into demountables.
- by Holly Thompson
The Perth private school paying women 200 per cent more than men
This figure is well above any other school in Australia, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s latest snapshot.
- by Holly Thompson
The elite private schools bucking the national trend by paying women more than men
In the race to recruit and keep the best teachers, several of the nation’s independent schools are paying women above the odds.
- by Rachel Clun
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Sobbing Newington old boys drown out those with real skin in this game
Inconsolable about the end of male sovereignty at Newington, ageing alumni want to “save” the school. But for “new” parents like me, other considerations spring to mind.
- by Michelle Cazzulino