Cranbrook in Sydney’s east is one of the most elite boys schools in Australia. On Monday night, the ABC’s Four Corners program aired claims some female teachers had been bullied by male staff and sexually harassed by students. Amid the ...
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The Cranbrook School council has hit back at claims made in Monday night's ABC Four Corners program, that the school has a history of sexual abuse and misconduct among staff and students, declaring that it handles disputes with “care and confidentially” ...
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Students and parents of those who attend Newington College in Sydney rallied outside the prestigious school grounds last Wednesday to protest the school council's decision to go co-ed. The 160-year-old school in Stanmore, that charges annual fees of $42,201 for ...
More »Elite hearts club: private school only dating app launches in Australia
Horrified at the thought of accidentally dating a pleb? Unsure whether that Tinder Adonis with perfect arms is of a lower pedigree than you? Darling, fret not. The market has answered. Last week, a private school-only dating app landed in ...
More »Racism, classism, misinformation behind declining public school enrolments
What does it take to increase public school enrolments? A Chaser turned anti-waste advocate? The Public Education Foundation (PEF) is betting on Craig Reucassel and other high-profile, high-achieving Australians to inspire the return of students to government secondary schools, via their #ProudlyPublic campaign. ...
More »What $20 billion worth of educational inequality actually means
$20 billion could relieve almost all world hunger for a year. It's also the amount Australia lost due to educational inequality in schools between 2009 and 2015 – so avers the Public Education Foundation in its latest issues paper, What Price the Gap? Education ...
More »Expert skewers ‘suspect’ school costs report
A Monash University expert has refuted research that suggests school costs have dramatically risen. Dr David Zyngier, a senior education lecturer, says the numbers in the Planning for Education Index 2018 by education scholarship plan provider Australian Scholarship Group (ASG), "may or may not ...
More »Rural student schools Birmo: don’t ‘play the blame game’
Geordie Brown sat his last HSC exam on Friday. Last night, he faced a different, albeit similarly daunting ordeal: the QandA studio. The teen from Tamworth's Oxley High School was one of four high school panellists on the ABC program's ...
More »Private schools gaining in NSW
Non-government institutions claim a bigger market share. By Antonia Maiolo The number of parents in NSW who are opting to send their kids to non-government high schools has grown, a new report has confirmed. NSW Government schools’ share of ...
More »Concerns over approval of ACT private schools
Two planned private schools in the ACT threaten the viability of public schools, say concerned groups. The Australian Education Union and Save Our Schools lobby have submitted their grounds for refusal of the ACT’s approval of the private schools. SOS ...
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