Schools
Old people’s home for five-year-olds? Prep students don senior citizen attire
Prep students in Melbourne have celebrated 100 Days of School, an imported American tradition to commemorate a key learning milestone.
- by Najma Sambul
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‘Thrown in the deep end’: Inside the plan to fix the problems with teacher training
Sarah Trestrail did a four-year education degree, then quickly realised she had no practical skills to cope with the realities of the job.
- by Lucy Carroll
Girls have overtaken boys in science participation. In workplaces, it’s a completely different story
Young women get better grades in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, but progress on jobs for women in these industries has been painfully slow.
- by Liam Mannix
Students snubbing school zones amid calls to scrap outdated model
The importance of school zones is being questioned after data released to The Age shows 41 per cent of state students attended a school outside their catchment.
- by Robyn Grace
Push to phase out open-plan classrooms as ‘40-year-old fad’ leaves some students behind
NSW is ceasing construction of outdated open-plan classrooms, but Victorian students could be left to learn in the distracting, noisy environments.
- by Robyn Grace
The Sydney suburbs with the most speeding fines in school zones
Fines totalling more than $200 million have been issued to NSW drivers for speeding in school zones since 2017 – and one region of Sydney is the worst offender.
- by Andrew Taylor and Nigel Gladstone
The Sydney public school where parents voluntarily contribute $1 million
Parental contributions for public schools have not returned to their pre-pandemic levels, yet Sydney Boys High received more than $1 million in financial contributions in 2022.
- by Christopher Harris
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Education
Why morale has plummeted among Victorian teachers
Staff shortages and challenging students are among the likely causes of a fall in morale at Victorian government schools, as trust in parents also dipped.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
School libraries in Victoria suffer from shortage of resources, qualifications
Australia is considered a global leader in school libraries, but budget cuts and a lack of qualified staff have hurt quality.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Queensland to ban phones and smartwatches in state schools from 2024
The state government will no longer give principals the discretion to impose restrictions on student devices, bringing Queensland into line with other states.
- by Matt Dennien