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Student caps debate sits at crossroads of much bigger issues
The government would be wrong to think capping student numbers, by itself, will meaningfully address housing and immigration issues.
- The Age's View
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‘Our kids deserve their childhoods back’: Private schools pushed to ban mobile phones
Evidence linking smartphones to teen health problems is uniting hundreds of Victorian parents behind an international movement to keep children off devices.
- by Alex Crowe
The funding data teachers say proves public schools are being dudded
Private schools are pocketing thousands of dollars more per student in taxpayer funding than “comparable” public campuses just down the road, according to new education union analysis.
- by Alex Crowe
These WA private schools get more government money than their public school rivals
One WA private school received over $3000 per student more in government funding compared to a public school of a similar size and educational advantage.
- by Holly Thompson
It’s a 15-hour drive from the big city lights, but this regional school outperforms Brisbane
Students from this regional Queensland school are outshining Brisbane schools, while the gap between city and country is narrower in Queensland versus NSW.
- by Felicity Caldwell
More boys are getting top ATARs. Here’s how they’re doing it
Boys now make up 60 per cent of students who get ATARs above 99.
- by Christopher Harris
Revealed: The public bike path that would cut through The King’s School grounds
Pedestrians and cyclists would be able to traverse the northern edge of The King’s School grounds under a proposal by a Sydney council.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Education
Brighton Grammar teacher stood down from coaching over sexual assault investigation
Basketball coach Hamish Ryan is at the centre of a police investigation after a teenage woman accused him of sexual assault.
- by Alex Crowe and Cassandra Morgan
Top teacher program axed under planned NSW Education Department restructure
More than 240 teaching positions will be cut under a major department reorganisation, including the “best in class” program.
- by Lucy Carroll
‘It looms over you’: WA students stagger under debt as cost of living soars
On average, students in Western Australia pay more than $20,000 for a degree – more than students in the eastern states – and it’s taking them decades to repay.
- by Holly Thompson
Caulfield Grammar at loggerheads with neighbours again over music, parking
The school has been accused of being a bad neighbour after the council received 20 complaints about plans to use speakers to play music during events and modify new parking rules.
- by Alex Crowe