Tom once sat at the back of his classroom and cried. He has a message for Australian teachers
If teachers are to win back control of classrooms, they will need more than a well-planned lesson.
- by Christopher Harris and Lucy Carroll
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‘Ultimate distraction’: Why this top Sydney school has resisted screens in class
While many students are asked to bring their own devices into schools across the state, some are resisting the trend to have iPads or laptops in lessons.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Education
Revealed: Sydney’s most overcrowded primary and high schools
While one public school has hit 2200 students, others are sitting underused with room for hundreds more pupils. Search the full list to see how crowded your school is.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
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Education
Sydney private schools harness parent donations for scholarships
A Herald analysis of financial reports from more than 20 schools shows scholarship and bursary budgets have grown to a total value of more than $200 million.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
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Schools
School students missed more than 9 million days of learning last year. Here’s why
Attendance levels remain below pre-pandemic levels, while a third of public school students are leaving before finishing year 12.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
How this Sydney school doubled its top scores in HSC maths
The number of students tackling advanced and extension maths has plummeted to record lows in the past three years – but there is a way to reverse the trend.
- by Lucy Carroll
Record 18,500 students sit selective school test on paper for last time
Selective school and opportunity class testing will move online for the first time in 2025.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Education
Fewer girls enrolled in opportunity classes as test comes under review
The gender gap in NSW’s public school opportunity classes is growing, with the proportion of girls in the classes falling to 39.5 per cent.
- by Lucy Carroll
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High school
Parent’s anger over child joining school prayer group without consent
A Muslim community leader has questioned whether NSW public high schools are doing enough to guard against extremism among students.
- by Carrie Fellner and Lucy Carroll
Teenage terror accused dropped out of school, was increasingly ‘disobedient’
The 16-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at a western Sydney church had not attended school for more than six months, and his father had also seen signs of increasing “disobedience”.
- by Sally Rawsthorne, Lucy Carroll, Clare Sibthorpe and Patrick Begley
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School funding
NSW cut public school budgets. Now it’s asking for an extra $8 billion
The NSW government and Commonwealth are at loggerheads over funding contributions to the state’s public schools.
- by Lucy Carroll