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'They're still scared': school probe exposes wide abuse

'They're still scared': school probe exposes wide abuse

Former students at a private religious school have spoken about shocking experiences after an inquiry recommended it be barred from taking on new enrolments.

Bring-your-own tech ditched in fresh school crackdown

Bring-your-own tech ditched in fresh school crackdown

Bring-your-own tech ditched in fresh school crackdown

Bring-your-own tech ditched in fresh school crackdown

A state government is further pushing a digital retreat in its classrooms, reversing a flagship technology policy in public schools.

Families unable to afford school education supplies

Families unable to afford school education supplies

Families unable to afford school education supplies

Families unable to afford school education supplies

Families are struggling to afford necessities for their children's education as costs continue to increase for school supplies, groceries and rent.

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Rural medical students are just what the doctor ordered

Rural medical students are just what the doctor ordered

Two young medical students are helping rural teenagers get into university as country high schools face science teacher shortages and bush hospitals shrink.

Students to go old school with pen-and-paper testing

Students to go old school with pen-and-paper testing

Standardised testing for one year group is expected to return to pens and paper after digitisation coincided with slipping results concerning educators.

Call for politician ban after 'grubby' Christmas post

Call for politician ban after 'grubby' Christmas post

A premier's social media comments accusing a school of cancelling Christmas have sparked a heated debate, calls for an apology and for politicians to stay away.

Warning teacher shortages loom without more prep time

Warning teacher shortages loom without more prep time

Unpaid work is pushing one state's educators to the brink, new findings suggest, as a government is pressured to reduce their teaching hours.

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Bystander shoots US teen who fatally gunned down four

Bystander shoots US teen who fatally gunned down four

Bystander shoots US teen who fatally gunned down four

Bystander shoots US teen who fatally gunned down four

A 16-year-old has opened fire at a US school, killing three children and a teacher before being shot by a person at the scene who followed him inside.

Labor urged to axe faith school bill exemption

Labor urged to axe faith school bill exemption

Labor urged to axe faith school bill exemption

Labor urged to axe faith school bill exemption

Advocates have welcomed an independent MP's bill to amend laws that allow religious schools to sack teachers or expel students over marital status or sexuality.

Naked principal, shared beds: religious school probed

Naked principal, shared beds: religious school probed

Naked principal, shared beds: religious school probed

Naked principal, shared beds: religious school probed

Teenagers at an insular church school regularly shared beds with teachers as conventional boundaries were broken, former students say.

Harry and Meghan condemn paparazzi near kids' school

Harry and Meghan condemn paparazzi near kids' school

Harry and Meghan condemn paparazzi near kids' school

Harry and Meghan condemn paparazzi near kids' school

The Duke and Duchess of Sussux have branded as "extraordinarily reckless" paparazzi who were seen looking into the grounds of Archie and Lilibet's school.

Philippine teen kills two students in school shooting

Philippine teen kills two students in school shooting

Philippine teen kills two students in school shooting

Philippine teen kills two students in school shooting

The Philippines has been rocked by its third school shooting since June, with at least two people dead and eight others injured.

US accused of possible war crimes in Iran strikes

US accused of possible war crimes in Iran strikes

US accused of possible war crimes in Iran strikes

US accused of possible war crimes in Iran strikes

UN-commissioned human rights experts have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the US committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school.

Final piece in Labor's $1b childcare plan in place

Final piece in Labor's $1b childcare plan in place

Final piece in Labor's $1b childcare plan in place

Final piece in Labor's $1b childcare plan in place

Every state and territory has now agreed to a $1 billion plan for new early education centres, aiming to ease morning routines for regional families.

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'Open heart surgery' needed on education curriculum

Poor results in global education testing have experts calling for stronger classroom discipline and a complete overhaul of the national curriculum.

Scholarship helps disadvantaged student reach for more

He wore the same pair of shoes throughout primary school but with help from The Smith Family, James Bow is forging a new path out of poverty.

Girl, 17, killed in sword attack at Swedish school

People have gathered to mourn the victims of a deadly sword attack at a school in Sweden that killed a 17-year-old girl and seriously injured two boys.

'My worst years': bullying inquiry calls for changes

An inquiry into school bullying has made dozens of recommendations for reform and found transgender or gender-diverse students are not adequately supported.

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Church school finances questioned as more probes urged

A parliamentary probe is investigating the "unusual" finances of a school at the centre of serious misconduct, abuse and humiliation allegations.

'Criminal gang': fraud claims encircle acclaimed school

An academically acclaimed private school being probed over forced labour and abuse claims uses religion as a "camouflage" for fraud, inquiry witnesses claim.

Elite school's students charged with sexual assault

Three teenagers who attend a prestigious private boys school have been charged with a sexual assault, with the alleged victim aged 14.

Control tactics, abuse 'rife' at church private school

Former students and church members have detailed disturbing claims of financial, psychological and social control at a religious private school.

Thai school shooting toll rises after girl dies

The death ‌toll from a school shooting in ‌Thailand has risen to ‌eight as a 12-year-old girl ⁠died a day after the attack horrified the nation.

Push for pen and paper tests as literacy results dive

Policymakers are looking for answers, including a return to pen and paper NAPLAN tests, as they grapple with falling national results in literacy and numeracy.

Fed-up teachers reject offer as mass strike confirmed

A minister has made a desperate plea for a statewide strike to be called off after union members voted against a revised government pay offer.

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