Schools
Residents blindsided as new school build starts next door
The Brunswick residents had no idea the government-run alternative school was being relocated to their street until the day the builders started work on the new site.
- by Adam Carey
Latest
Combustible cladding still present at Perth hospitals, unis and schools
Supply chain delays and high demand have been blamed for delays in replacing potentially flammable cladding on public buildings.
- by Sarah Brookes
Two inner west single-sex schools to merge into new co-ed college
Sydney Catholic Schools says the merger of two schools will cater to high demand for co-education options in Sydney’s inner west
- by Jordan Baker
Analysis
Education
NSW has a principal problem that is difficult to fix
Many across senior ranks in and around the state’s education sector quietly admit there is a leadership quality issue.
- by Jordan Baker
Haileybury eyes return to remote learning in state’s first private online school
As most students bid farewell to COVID-19’s homeschooling, one high-fee independent school is seeking to offer single subjects, holiday programs and full-time enrolments online.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Opinion
Education
I researched Perth school choices for six weeks. Here’s what I learned
Six weeks ago I committed to make public my personal research process about how to select a school for my son. I really wish my findings had been different.
- by Emma Young
Exclusive
Education
Private school fee rises may exclude middle-class families, principals fear
As the federal government cuts funding for private schools under a new model, principals are grappling with how to cope.
- by Jordan Baker
‘Not interested in picking fights’: New education minister says curriculum wars have been settled
Jason Clare said he was a “proud product” of Australia’s public education system as he returned to his old primary school and had an emotional reunion with his former teacher.
- by Lisa Visentin
‘My Cinderella moment’: They waited two years for formal. Now, it’s finally arrived
From vintage to borrowed and rented gowns, year 11 and 12s are doing their formal their way.
- by Rachelle Unreich
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Education
School teacher shortages hit PE, English and primary education
Even wealthy schools with myriad resources are struggling to find enough teachers.
- by Jordan Baker
Exclusive
Private schools
Cranbrook old boys tell school to embrace co-ed plans
Parents were sent a survey asking them to rate their level of concern about objections raised in community forums, such as “boys may be distracted in class”.
- by Jordan Baker