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School charged over hammer throw incident
Christian Brothers College is facing workplace safety charges following an athletics training incident that left a student seriously injured. Authorities…
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NSW limits student screentime
The NSW government has announced that it will be capping student screen time in schools, starting at 15 minutes a…
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Consent education not ‘anti-boy’
Amidst accusations that Australia's school system promotes an ‘anti-boy’ ideology, Professor Amanda Keddie looks at what’s being taught in the…
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Union defends against Canavan attacks
The Australian Education Union has slammed comments by three conservative leaders criticising schools, the curriculum and teachers. One Nation’s Pauline…
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Teachers’ union slams AUKUS spend
The New South Wales Teachers Federation is calling on the federal government to rethink its defence spending, arguing that public…
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NSW Catholic schools’ chief sacked
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is looking into allegations Mr McInerney breached electoral funding laws by channelling funds…
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Student protests draw thousands
Thousands of school and university students participated in nationwide protests against Pauline Hanson and One Nation last week, sparking fresh…
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Primary students’ antisemitic comments
The fourth day of hearings at the Royal Commission on Antiisemitism and Social Cohesion started with an anonymised audio recording…
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NAPLAN: Numeracy improves, literacy slips
Australia's latest NAPLAN results show improving numeracy outcomes for older students, but declining reading performance and weaker Year 3 maths…
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Testing exposes Australia’s education divide
The latest NAPLAN results show achievement gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students remain entrenched, with Indigenous, regional and lower socioeconomic…
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