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High school costs forcing indebted parents to work more

High school costs forcing indebted parents to work more

The significant cost of educating children in Australia is forcing parents to work more hours and families to cut back on holidays.

Ex-NRL ref avoids jail for assaulting Indigenous pupils

Ex-NRL ref avoids jail for assaulting Indigenous pupils

Ex-NRL ref avoids jail for assaulting Indigenous pupils

Ex-NRL ref avoids jail for assaulting Indigenous pupils

A former headmaster of an Indigenous school has avoided going to jail for assaulting students but must be of good behaviour for two years.

Nervous wait for students ahead of ATAR release

Nervous wait for students ahead of ATAR release

Nervous wait for students ahead of ATAR release

Nervous wait for students ahead of ATAR release

Australian students will soon start receiving their ATAR scores, with many saying they are nervous about the potentially life-changing outcomes.

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Ex-NRL ref abused power, assaulted boys as principal

Ex-NRL ref abused power, assaulted boys as principal

A former NRL referee faces sentencing for assaulting Indigenous students by putting them in choke holds and painfully twisting their ears as a school principal.

'Climate obstruction' alarms raised with museum sponsor

'Climate obstruction' alarms raised with museum sponsor

Ties between a state museum and a major gas company are being questioned by a climate communications group as scrutiny of fossil fuel sponsorship grows.

Closure for bus-crash students as truck driver jailed

Closure for bus-crash students as truck driver jailed

A truck driver's mouth dropped open and his eyes bulged when sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for crashing his faulty vehicle into a school bus.

Boy, 15, arrested after fatal stabbing behind school

Boy, 15, arrested after fatal stabbing behind school

A 17-year-old boy has died and another teenager is in police custody after a stabbing near a high school.

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'Cesspit': schools told to back kids' social media ban

'Cesspit': schools told to back kids' social media ban

'Cesspit': schools told to back kids' social media ban

'Cesspit': schools told to back kids' social media ban

School principals across the nation are being asked to support Australia's world-first social media ban as the government defends making last-minute changes.

'Morally worthless' pedophile teacher jailed

'Morally worthless' pedophile teacher jailed

'Morally worthless' pedophile teacher jailed

'Morally worthless' pedophile teacher jailed

A 71-year-old former teacher who abused students over the course of almost 30 years has been sentenced, with a judge describing him as remorseless.

More schools close, others reopen amid asbestos scare

More schools close, others reopen amid asbestos scare

More schools close, others reopen amid asbestos scare

More schools close, others reopen amid asbestos scare

Some schools will reopen and others close over the detection of trace amounts of asbestos in a play sand product, while experts say the risk remains very low.

Almost 70 schools to close as asbestos concerns spread

Almost 70 schools to close as asbestos concerns spread

Almost 70 schools to close as asbestos concerns spread

Almost 70 schools to close as asbestos concerns spread

An asbestos scare linked to coloured sand products has prompted dozens of school closures as decontamination work continues.

Asbestos scare puts Australian schools on high alert

Asbestos scare puts Australian schools on high alert

Asbestos scare puts Australian schools on high alert

Asbestos scare puts Australian schools on high alert

Safety warnings have prompted the temporary closure of dozens of schools over fears coloured craft sand could be contaminated with asbestos.

Possible bullying motive for Indonesian school attack

Possible bullying motive for Indonesian school attack

Possible bullying motive for Indonesian school attack

Possible bullying motive for Indonesian school attack

Authorities have identified a 17-year-old boy as the suspect in a mosque attack at a Jakarta high school and are looking into a possible bullying motive.

Teachers reject hefty pay rise and reduced workloads

Teachers reject hefty pay rise and reduced workloads

Teachers reject hefty pay rise and reduced workloads

Teachers reject hefty pay rise and reduced workloads

Educators have rejected a pay deal that would see every classroom teacher in one state earning more than $100,000 in three years.

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Social media ban to help target teen bullying rates

The education minister says a looming ban on social media for under-16s will help address online bullying concerns.

School screen-time limit hailed as device cost queried

Primary school kids face screen time limits and parents no longer need to pay for devices, but questions persist around content quality and costs to schools.

Deepfakes of female high school students prompt probe

A public high school has been rocked by deepfake images of female students, triggering a police investigation and vows to punish perpetrators.

Principal guilty of assaulting Indigenous students

A judge has found an angry headmaster guilty of four aggravated assaults after he put Indigenous students into choke holds and painfully twisted their ears.

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'Everlasting regret' truckie to be jailed for bus crash

A truck driver says he is wracked with guilt after he drove a defective prime mover that crashed into a school bus with "catastrophic consequences".

'Reckless' bus crash case delays re-traumatise victims

A teacher involved in a school bus crash has lamented "exhausting" court case delays, while a student recounted trying to save her bleeding friend from dying.

'I wish I had died': schoolgirl's suffering after crash

A truck driver who drove with faulty brakes into a bus carrying 27 school kids on their way to an international space camp has pleaded guilty to 12 offences.

Three dead after Indonesian school building collapses

Rescuers are racing to pull dozens of students and workers from under the rubble of a school building that collapsed in East Java, Indonesia.

Anti-Palestine racism systemic in schools: report

Students are being abused and attacked while teachers feel bullied for showing solidarity with Palestinians at Australian schools, a new report says.

Grieving parents dismayed after driver goes free

The grieving parents of a boy killed when a woman drove through his school fence have called for legislative change to make sure drivers are held accountable.

Girl dies, students hurt in school bus rollover horror

The use of seatbelts will form part of a probe into a tragic bus crash that killed a young student and injured scores of others, including the elderly driver.

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