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Rising number of year 12 graduates heading straight to workforce
Experts say the trend reflects students embracing the ideal of lifelong learning. But one warns early employment without training could leave graduates unprepared for future jobs markets.
- by Robyn Grace and Craig Butt
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From polio to COVID-19, the 100-year-old school for kids in hospital
“There can be a perception that these kids are too ill or too sick to do schoolwork, but we are showing … we can do work that helps.”
- by Mary Ward
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The Sydney high schools where scripture enrolments fall below 15 per cent
Principals say fewer students are choosing SRE, and are pushing to overhaul rules that leave students unable to do formal school activities if they opt out of scripture.
- by Lucy Carroll
Perth teacher charged over sexual assault of student fronts court
The man has been charged with two counts of indecently dealing with a child over 13 and under 16 over alleged incidents between May 31 and June 28.
- by Holly Thompson
WA schools, parents revisit stranger danger lessons after young girl allegedly taken
A man allegedly took a young girl from outside her Perth primary school, sparking worry from parents and children and inspiring renewed conversations about stranger danger.
- by Holly Thompson
‘Anxiety is a very real thing’: Spike in school refusal sparks call for national plan
One Victorian virtual school enrolled 895 students last year due to school refusal. A new report says there needs to be a national approach to address the problem.
- by Nicole Precel
Retired teachers covering classes, broken windows. The plan to fix these regional schools isn’t working
A scathing auditor general’s report says a plan to lift academic outcomes for regional and remote students in NSW will almost certainly fail.
- by Christopher Harris and Michael McGowan
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Business class flights to be repaid following probe into King’s School regatta trip
The King’s School has been declared non-compliant after an investigation into a trip taken by the headmaster and his wife to attend the UK’s prestigious Royal Henley Regatta.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Students accused of sharing pornographic images at girls’ school
A school in Melbourne’s south-east has made a complaint to police following the distribution of explicit images during school hours.
- by Alex Crowe
Caulfield Grammar and Shelford considering potential merger
While neither school will elaborate on their discussions, the schools are nearby and enrolments at Shelford Girls have fallen below the 500 mark.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Nicole Precel
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More than 100 students accused of cheating in VCE exams
Examiners are still watching for notes on legs and smuggled smartwatches, but also on alert for cheating that is difficult to detect with the naked eye.
- by Robyn Grace