Schools
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.
- by Holly Thompson
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Opinion
School funding
How identity politics has plunged our public schools into crisis
The inequity of our school funding system means the less government help a school needs, the more it’s given, and the more a school needs the more likely it won’t be given enough.
- by Ross Gittins
Spooked: The exclusive Melbourne school where Halloween is not welcome
An upmarket school tells parents it wants no part of the sinister occult practices of Halloween that bring “annoyance, destruction and havoc”.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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
Markets, chess club, TV shows: How much your school makes by renting its facilities
Some public schools are generating almost half a million dollars a year in extra income by hiring facilities to host weekend markets, kids activities and even TV shows.
- by Mary Ward
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
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Education
You’ve heard of therapy dogs, but what about chickens?
Teachers at a school in WA’s Goldfields–Esperance region say they have found the perfect animal to help improve student mental health and retention.
- by Holly Thompson
Govt invites developers to build new public school as plans pushed out five years
A new Brisbane state school could be built by developers and leased to the government under plans suggested to the private sector to cope with under-pressure schools.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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Education
The co-ed change that will affect students at almost 90 Sydney primary schools
High school intake areas from Dulwich Hill to Bankstown and Kogarah have been expanded to unlock access to co-ed public high schools for children starting year 7 in 2025.
- by Lucy Carroll
WA teacher banned after calling student ‘bestie’, sending thousands of inappropriate messages
Disciplinary action was taken against the man who was found to have interacted inappropriately with three separate students, including commenting on their appearance, following them on social media, sending them sexualised messages and hugging them.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth teachers panic as student mental health crisis escalates
Stressed teachers are crying out for help as children and teenagers present with mental illnesses they are not qualified to deal with.
- by Holly Thompson