Education
‘Evidence not ideology’: Major overhaul of the NSW high school curriculum
Studying the Holocaust will be mandatory under a revised high school history syllabus that also include compulsory units on Aboriginal perspectives on colonisation.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Discrimination complaints surge at WA schools
Data obtained under Freedom of Information laws has revealed that between 2019 and 2024, WA was the only state or territory bar QLD to record an increase in complaints.
- by Holly Thompson
‘Lone wolf’: Australia spending more on private schools than global average
An OECD comparison of education funding reveals the Australian government is spending more on private schools and less on public schools than other countries.
- by Noel Towell and Alex Crowe
The university degrees most likely to land graduates a job
Not all undergraduate degrees are equal when it comes to finding work after university.
- by Bridie Smith
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Eddie Woo’s expert maths team cut back under education department restructure
The Maths Growth Team that mentors other teachers will be reduced as part of a major restructure within the NSW Education Department.
- by Lucy Carroll
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‘Teachers don’t feel safe’: One in 12 high school students suspended amid behavioural crisis
Figures released by the NSW Education Department show 59,814 suspensions were issued to public school students in 2023.
- by Christopher Harris and Lucy Carroll
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School nurses to weigh and identify kids at risk of obesity under contentious plan
The Australian College of Nursing is also calling for the “normalisation of collection and discussion of height and weight data of all children” as part of it contentious plan to curb rising obesity rates.
- by Henrietta Cook
Hey big spender: Budgets for high school musicals top $200,000
While some of Melbourne’s exclusive private schools splash up to $200,000 on their musical productions, others prove that you don’t have to spend a fortune to make a song and dance of it.
- by Noel Towell
Violence in schools filmed by students
school fight at Ambarvale High School near Campbelltown this month.
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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.
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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