Education
All-girls Catholic school bans same-sex couples from attending formalÂ
A petition calling for the Sydney school to allow same-sex couples to attend its year 12 formal has garnered thousands of signatures.
- by Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
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WA schools give year 12s a grand send-off
Both private and public schools across the state organised the week for students to relax and have fun, before many go on to sit their final ATAR exams.Â
- by Holly Thompson
At 15, Nadia Marikar was the youngest student to sit the VCE English exam
As 43,373 of the state’s students sat down for Tuesday’s three-hour-long exam, one was calm and collected despite the enormity of the event and her young age.
- by Nicole Precel
Tim was silenced by his abusers at school, but first to be heard at the Beaumaris inquiry
How the abuse of students like Tim Courtney went unchecked at 24 state schools for years is the question at the centre of a special inquiry into allegations of historical sexual abuse that began on Monday.
- by Sherryn Groch
Perspective
Education
What do educators want for World Teachers’ Day? ‘Please, no mugs’
Teachers want more than chocolate and mugs for World Teachers’ Day. How about more work-life balance and a bit more respect?
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Education
Education boss calls for doubling down on explicit teaching in schools
NSW Education Department secretary Murat Dizdar wants teachers to return to giving students step-by-step and clear instructions instead of student-led learning.
- by Lucy Carroll
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HSC
Major change looms for top-level HSC English course
The highest-level HSC English course is set to undergo its biggest shakeup in more than 25 years.
- by Christopher Harris
New national ad campaign aims to prevent child sexual abuse
The 'One Talk at a Time' campaign aims to promote awareness in adults about how to have conversation with young people about abuse.
How century-old Sydney boys’ school is preparing to go co-ed
Cranbrook is among at least half a dozen private and Catholic schools in NSW to switch to co-education in the past decade.
- by Lucy Carroll
Anxiety, ADHD, ‘snowplough parents’: Behind our worsening school discipline crisis
Australian classrooms are more disorderly than ever – prompting an intensifying debate about how to control bad behaviour.
- by Jordan Baker
Magazine
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The October 21 Edition
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