Today
Hunt for man after ‘confronting’ private school killing
A manhunt is under way after a young female staff member was found dead in the gymnasium at a private school in Sydney’s city centre.
- 40 mins ago
- Peter Bodkin and Luke Costin
This Month
- Opinion
- Education
How to turn around Australian kids’ appalling classroom behaviour
Australia’s education system has consistently been marked down when it comes to the behaviour of students and the capacity of teachers to manage classrooms.
- Glenn Fahey
September
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why we need to rethink careers education in schools
While some positive school-community engagement exists, it is still not systemically embedded in the ways schools operate.
- Doug Taylor
- Analysis
- Tech Observed
Schools and business embrace AI, but do we know what they’re doing?
Artificial intelligence seemingly lets students and workers do new and exciting things more efficiently, but without care, we risk sacrificing genuine knowledge for short-term gains.
- Paul Smith
Teachers are helpless to stop AI cheating
At least half of all school teachers have had to mark assignments they were certain had been written by ChatGPT, a government inquiry hears.
- John Davidson
Is banning AI in state schools dudding students?
Westbourne Grammar principal Adrian Camm has embraced artificial intelligence in his classrooms to give his students the edge, but others are warning not to move too fast.
- Ronald Mizen
August
‘Keeps me up at night’: NAPLAN data to spark schools overhaul
Education Minister Jason Clare says the latest results will show the need for major school reform to address the poor results of disadvantaged students.
- Tom Burton
July
Labor to overhaul teaching standards and ‘focus on fundamentals’
State and federal education ministers hope the changes will also boost numeracy and literacy as NAPLAN scores go backwards despite billions in extra funding.
- Hannah Wootton
June
The scheme that helps teens skip uni for a high-paid tech career
A new program aims to help digital native high schoolers go straight to work in the tech industry if they have the skills and potential.
- Julie Hare
May
- Exclusive
- NAPLAN
What’s the point of NAPLAN if schools ignore what it’s telling them?
One in five children leave primary school with only scant literacy and numeracy. But it’s not too late, a new report finds, if proper measures are put in place.
- Julie Hare
April
- Exclusive
- Education
Bright kids being overlooked in ‘epidemic of underachievement’
More than half of all academically gifted students are not identified by their schools as having profound talents, research reveals, and as many as two-in-five are not going on to complete a uni degree.
- Julie Hare
March
- Breaking
- Education
Billions in school funding will be tied to learning reforms
An expert panel will recommend targets for school systems under a new funding agreement.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Teaching
Finally, a game changer for improving teaching in Australia
A new review into teacher training could be a game changer in better preparing new teachers and improving classroom teaching.
- Glenn Fahey
Abuse, intimidation: School principals face record wave of violence
Nearly half of school principals have been assaulted by parents or students according to a new survey, as they face growing risk of serious mental health concerns and burnout.
- Julie Hare
February
Is there really a teacher shortage? The data disagrees
The national ratio of students to teachers is at an all-time low. So why do governments keep warning of a teacher workforce crisis?
- Julie Hare
School funding surge to $72b fails to deliver
The Productivity Commission maps out a decade or more of steeply increased funding for schools against a backdrop of static student performance.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
December 2022
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Remedy for housing shortage
Buy-to-rent slump; housing price cap; year 12 results; Medicare and clinical psychology; gas market intervention; fossil fuels; Vanguard’s net zero exit.
Low-fee schools drive shift to private sector
Almost one in four secondary school students now attend a private school, and the growth is mostly in schools that cost $5000 a year or less.
- Julie Hare
Most Australians can’t answer all of these five basic money questions
Australians’ financial literacy went backwards between 2016 and 2020, but the falls were largest among young Australians and women.
- Lucy Dean
November 2022
Inequalities baked into Australia’s education system
Falling standards and inequality of access to good education testify to a system that is badly in need of reform.
- Julie Hare
