Education
Forty-nine students got 99.95 ATARs. These are the HSC subjects they chose
Aside from compulsory English, there was one common subject among the elite group.
- by Christopher Harris
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‘They’d be so proud’: The 10-year-olds accepting challenge laid for them 40 years ago
One school keeping an ancient Indigenous language alive is helping to close the gap through cultural education and it hopes to spread the joy.
- by Catherine Naylor
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Private school boys suspended after ‘absolutely outrageous’ ranking of female classmates
The boys shared a spreadsheet in a messaging app that ranked female classmates.
- by Christine Ahern
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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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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
‘Part of who we are’: Why Sydney Uni vice chancellor allows protest camp to stay
Vice chancellor Mark Scott says a few pro-Palestinian student activists were under investigation for inappropriate behaviour but their protest campsite will remain on campus.
- by Daniella White
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Education
The WA parents joining Catholic churches to get children into ‘ideal’ schools
A WA expert says there is considerable weight to the ‘urban myth’ families join a Catholic church or have their children baptised primarily due to school choice.
- by Holly Thompson
Inside the growing protest tent cities of Melbourne and Monash universities
As police raided student protest encampments at American universities with rubber bullets and tear gas, in Melbourne academics brought jam and scones.
- by Sherryn Groch
Teacher work bans ‘unlawful’ and ‘profoundly disruptive’: Education Department
The union representing thousands of Queensland state schools was warned the Education Department would take proposed work bans to the Industrial Relations Commission if they went ahead.
- by Felicity Caldwell
‘No-go areas for Jewish students’: Pro-Palestinian university camps grow
The number of pro-Palestinian campsites have now been set up at four universities, prompting calls from Jewish groups for them to be dismantled.
- by Christopher Harris
Teachers to stop work after the bell, interrupting new curriculum
Amid a long-running staff shortage and a rash of resignations, teachers are planning industrial action.
- by Tony Moore