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Overseas students are flocking to WA. Here’s where they’re not living
With 27 students for every bed, you could quadruple the amount of purpose-built student accommodation in this area and still not meet demand, experts say.
- by Holly Thompson
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The Sydney private schools with the highest-earning parents
The new figures help rank schools based on parents’ income and determine how much government funding flows to each school.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
Numeracy in schools doesn’t add up. Here’s how experts would solve the problem
All children would be tested for numeracy knowledge in the first two years of school under a plan to tackle underachievement in maths.
- by Robyn Grace
$1 billion tutoring program did little to help kids catch up
The Victorian auditor-general has found students who took part in the small-group tutoring program showed similar improvement to those who weren’t tutored.
- by Robyn Grace
Gold Coast teenager charged after female students ranked online
A Gold Coast teenager allegedly linked to online posts that ranked female students into offensive categories has been charged by police.
- by Sean Parnell and Cloe Read
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Where is the long-term plan for education in Perth’s inner city? Apparently, nowhere
There is a missing piece in the state’s education outlook – a long-term, inner-city plan, claims the federal MP for Perth.
- by Holly Thompson
Parents thousands of dollars out of pocket after NASA trips cancelled
Up to 700 students have been affected nationally including pupils from Reddam House, The King’s School and The Forest High.
- by Lucy Carroll and Robyn Grace
After 9/11, a school program brought different faiths together. The Gaza war ended that
Building Bridges began after the September 11 terror attacks and brought together Muslim, Jewish and Christian students for pizza and a chat.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
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Parents left in the dark after principal and deputies leave north shore school
Families say they are “bewildered” by the sudden change in the public school’s leadership. The NSW Education Department says there is an internal investigation under way.
- by Lucy Carroll
Teachers told to ignore Victoria’s phonics push as union lashes deputy premier
An outraged teachers’ union has blasted Education Minister Ben Carroll for failing to respect the profession in a fierce response to the state government’s reading mandate.
- by Bridie Smith
‘Competing with Andrew Tate’: Principal urges parents to teach respect to their kids
Schools say they can only do so much to teach students about proper online behaviour.
- by Bridie Smith