Education
School budgets slashed by $148 million as deputies forced back to classroom
Thousands of deputy and assistant principals will be forced back into teaching roles to help deal with chronic staffing shortages in NSW public schools.
- by Lucy Carroll
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This school hall burnt down. Then the parents had to pay
Principals are grappling with smaller budgets, with parents asked to pay for basics such as textbooks.
- by Christopher Harris
‘They can’t afford the rent’: Meet the teachers demanding a 25 per cent pay rise
Some are paid $35,000 less than their peers in other schools and interstate.
- by Christopher Harris
The parenting decision that has left Vaucluse Public with more funding than schools in Penrith
Numerous schools in Sydney’s east are bringing in more taxpayer cash per student than some of Sydney’s most disadvantaged pockets, a Sun-Herald analysis can reveal.
- by Christopher Harris
Why the slow decay of children’s handwriting skills spells trouble
Growing numbers of students are typing rather than writing their exams, due to fears their messy or illegible penmanship will hurt their marks.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
More children shun reading in their free time as libraries also fall out of favour, study shows
“Book abstainers” were usually male, older and had friends with similar (non) reading habits.
- by Robyn Grace
The Perth schools racing towards 3000 enrolments
Enrolments at schools, particularly in Perth’s western and southern suburbs, are booming, some racing towards the 3000 mark for the first time.
- by Holly Thompson
Melbourne school charged over ‘preventable’ death of student
Lachlan Cook, 16, died after becoming ill from a complication of diabetes while on a school trip in Vietnam.
- by Alex Crowe and Jewel Topsfield
Shenton College student, 13, fronts court over alleged box cutter rampage
Prosecutors claim a 13-year-old boy facing serious charges after allegedly threatening staff and students at the school had asked a friend to record the assaults.
- by Holly Thompson
Exposed: How simple it is for cheats to buy a university essay
Despite authorities closing hundreds of essay cheating websites, the purchasing of assignments continues apace.
- by Daniella White
This university newspaper is ‘censored’ by a marketing team. Now, students are fighting back
UNSW’s student publication has barely published in months and a staff for 2024 has not been appointed.
- by Daniella White