Education
Where Australian universities rank among world’s best, and why it’s under threat
One Victorian university has been named among the world’s top 20, but experts warn a limit on international students could hinder our progress.
- by Robyn Grace
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Sydney teacher charged with filming students’ private parts
The 30-year-old man will face court on Tuesday after he was allegedly caught filming up female students’ skirts by a schoolchild.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
‘White devil’: The Indigenous protest song that has parents up in arms
NSW Education Minister Prue Car has intervened after a parent complained about a song calling Captain James Cook a “white devil” being played at a public primary school.
- by Angus Thomson
The school was promised a new oval, but got a rubble-strewn wasteland
Upwey Primary School students have been denied access to their oval for 2½ years, but rail authority VicTrack has not given a date for when the playing surface will be rectified.
- by Adam Carey
This school doubled its NAPLAN high achievers. Now its techniques are spreading
About 30 schools across NSW have formed a grassroots network to share maths lesson plans and run professional learning for teachers and school leaders.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Private schools
Jewish school confident of move to Caulfield Hospital site
The school transports about 1000 students from Caulfield to Burwood each day and has called the hospital’s use of the Caulfield site a waste of valuable land.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
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Education
How much screen time is too much? This is the answer to every parent’s question
New data reveals how Australian schools rank among OECD nations for the time students spend on digital devices in classrooms.
- by Lucy Carroll and Robyn Grace
‘Costs add up’: Branded public school uniforms facing cut
Iron-on patches and generic items from chain stores are some ideas being considered by a review of uniforms at state schools.
- by Robyn Grace
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Education
‘Life-changing’ WA organisations ignored in federal funding face the chop
The state government has stepped in to question why WA organisations, including Developmental Disability WA, have been mostly forgotten in a recent federal funding round through the Department of Social Services.
- by Holly Thompson
Deakin University admits it underpaid staff
The university has turned itself in to the Fair Work Ombudsman after discovering it had been underpaying casual academic staff – two years after the union first accused it of doing so.
- by Robyn Grace
Nearly half of Australian school students failed this science test. Can you pass?
The latest National Assessment Program report in science literacy found about a third of year 6 students say they do not have science lessons every week.
- by Lucy Carroll and Robyn Grace