Education
‘Chilling effect’: Top uni warns students about foreign harassment
UNSW is urging students and academics to report any “interference” witnessed in class, amid concerns comments or behaviour are being reported back to a foreign government.
- by Daniella White
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‘Most schools would be quite scared’: Inside Sydney’s competitive debating scene
Sydney Girls High won the Premier’s Debating Challenge for the second year in a row. The team says confidence and technique are only part of the winning strategy.
- by Christopher Harris
Test teachers on skills before they enter classroom: report
The Centre for Independent Studies argues graduates should sit a standardised exit exam to ensure their knowledge of effective teaching practices.
- by Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
Simplified Shakespeare: Helping hand or completely missing the point?
Plain English translations designed to make Shakespeare “accessible” are now common in English classrooms, but experts urge teachers to stay true to the original work.
- by Christopher Harris
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
‘This wouldn’t be acceptable if it was cigarettes’: Schools told to report vaping students
NSW education minister has called for schools to report incidences of vaping so the extent of the problem facing our schools becomes clear.
- by Christopher Harris
‘Shameless’: King’s luxuries another private abuse of public money
Forcing King’s School to pay for their overseas junket is a mere drop in a plunge pool.
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
Editorial
The Kings School goes for a row over headmaster’s jaunt
The idea of headmaster and his wife swanning off for tea and scones at Henley-on-Thames sits awkwardly beside sacrifices most parents make to send their children to the private school system.
- The Herald's View
‘Give peace a chance’: Minns denies reneging on pay deal with teachers
Premier Chris Minns has denied claims by the NSW Teachers Federation that his government walked away from a pay agreement.
- by Michael McGowan
2022: VCE students receive their ATAR results
The wait is over for thousands of Year 12 students who have received their ATAR scores, with some surprising and encouraging results.
‘Severe misstep’: Teachers’ pay offer slammed by former Labor premier
The authors of a report Chris Minns once hailed as a “blueprint” for fixing teacher salaries have accused Labor of undermining attempts to fix teacher shortages.
- by Michael McGowan and Lucy Carroll
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‘Deeply disappointed’: Union boss escalates tensions with Minns government
The most senior union official in NSW is “deeply disappointed and frustrated” after pay negotiations between the NSW government and Teacher’s Federation stalled last week.
- by Michael McGowan and Max Maddison
After a century of tunics, more Sydney private girls schools start allowing pants
Some of the city’s oldest independent girls schools, including MLC and St Catherine’s, have expanded their uniform options in the past two years.
- by Lucy Carroll
Teaching tension causing trouble in the classroom
There are many difficulties confronting teachers at the beginning of their careers, which highlight the limitations of the preparation provided by their university degree.
‘A message for the premier: Honour the deal you made with teachers’
Teachers have been betrayed by Chris Minns and Pru Car. They believed the rhetoric that they, like the nurses, child and aged care workers, had done it tough during COVID and deserved a pay rise.
Is it cool to take your parents to a university open day?
Should you go when you’re in year 12, or is year 9 better? With university open day season about to get under way, experts and students answer these questions and more.
- by Larissa Ham
Thanks to Trump, America is no longer the world’s greatest democracy
The aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss proves that the United States has lost its leader of the free world mantle.
Teachers union accuses Minns government of ‘act of betrayal’ over pay
The NSW Teachers Federation has hit out at the state government over a breakdown in pay negotiations, accusing it of backing away from an agreement struck in May.
- by Lucy Carroll and Max Maddison
Sydney teacher found to have racially vilified Indian student
During a year 12 business studies class at Cronulla High School, the teacher allegedly described Indian people as “Uber drivers and Deliveroo people”.
- by Sarah Keoghan
NSW will ‘lead the way’ with teaching Indigenous experience of colonisation
A proposed overhaul to the school history syllabus will include a compulsory unit on Indigenous Australians’ experiences of colonisation in Australia.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Indigenous experience of colonisation mandatory under school history overhaul
Indigenous Australians’ perspective of European colonisation will be taught to all year 7 to 10 students under proposed changes to the NSW history syllabus.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Distinctions with a difference: Top grades double for students at state’s biggest unis
About 40 per cent of students at the University of NSW and Sydney Uni picked up the two highest grades, new data shows.
- by Lucy Carroll
‘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
Universities Australia defends dropping $1.5m sexual consent campaign
A national survey of 43,000 university students found one in six had been sexually harassed and one in 20 had been assaulted since they began their studies.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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
Where do universities stand on the Voice? For many, it’s complicated
Why are some universities advocating a Yes vote in the Voice referendum while others have not taken a position?
- by Matt Wade
Opinion
School holidays should be whenever parents say so
Principals should not get in the way of a family holiday, even if it is during school term.
- by Brad Emery
Opinion
The crucial area that the Welcome to Sex book gets wrong
Young people need clear advice on the dangers of sending nude images of a person under the age of 18 years
- by Susan McLean
Can you answer these 50 HSC questions?
From mathematics to business studies - take the 2023 HSC challenge.
Carlos got a 95 ATAR. It was 95 more points than he needed
Bump star Carlos Sanson jr was part of the Reddam House cohort that catapulted the school into the HSC top 10. But to achieve his dream career, what he learnt at school mattered a lot more than his ATAR.
- by Abby Seaman
Daniya Syed's top tips for HSC Design and Technology
Syed completed her studies while competing in robotics competitions.
Dr Helen Tam explains how your ATAR is calculated
Dr Tam is responsible for every student's ATAR. Here she busts all the myths about how your ATAR is calculated.
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki gives his tips for HSC Science
Kruszelnicki has made a career out of a love of science.
Carlos Sanson Jr's top tips for HSC Drama
The star of the hit series Bump and former Reddam House student shares his secrets.
Kim Zheng's top tips for HSC Mathematics
Kim topped the state in Extension 1 Mathematics and came seventh in Extension 2 in 2019.
Toby Maroulis's top tips for HSC Electrotechnology
Toby is set to study Electrical Engineering at university next year.
Treading a different path to the HSC
HSC Pathways offers students who have additional needs the opportunity to complete their studies over multiple years.
When the HSC leads straight to a dream job
VET courses help get students job ready. Here’s how to succeed in them.
How an old Disney movie inspired Daniya to create a medical robot
Whether it’s a medical robot or a high-tech weather station, HSC technology subjects are an opportunity to indulge your passion.