Schools
Students are suffering with ATAR and NAPLAN, educators say. Here’s how they want to shake up the system
Blunt, system-wide rankings are doing more harm than good and should be overhauled to more accurately reflect individual learning outcomes for students, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.
- by Robyn Grace
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Revealed: Sydney’s most overcrowded primary and high schools
While one public school has hit 2200 students, others are sitting underused with room for hundreds more pupils. Search the full list to see how crowded your school is.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
WA education minister distances Rossmoyne parents’ letter from radicalised teen’s attack
West Australian Education Minister Tony Buti confirmed he had received a letter from parents about radicalisation, but it was separate from the boy who was later shot by police.
- by Holly Thompson
Radicalised student highlights ‘growing issue’ in WA schools, experts say
Experts warn the generation currently going through school is the first to grow up living much of their lives on social media, which presents a radicalisation threat.
- by Holly Thompson
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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
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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
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
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
‘The village isn’t around’: Parents book drivers for afternoon juggle
More parents are turning to ride-share services for children, as the end of working from home puts pressure on families.
- by Mary Ward
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School funding
‘Shortchanging kids’: States demand extra $12b in united front over schools
States are accusing the federal government of shortchanging students as they seek a 5 per cent increase in school funding from the Commonwealth.
- by Angus Thompson and Natassia Chrysanthos
‘Overworked, underpaid and fed up’: Why thousands of WA teachers walked off the job
About 8000 teachers marched from Optus Stadium on Tuesday, joined by thousands more in the regions and even more watching the rally online.
- by Holly Thompson