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Behaviour is learnt, it’s time it was part of the curriculum

Parents have a key responsibility to ensure their children are ready to learn and behave in school. This is not just a school issue but a societal one.

Matt O’Sullivan

Shed happensCommentsPremiumElite schools’ boatshed plan on foreshore making waves

Two of Perth’s most prestigious schools are entering troubled waters over plans for a new boatshed on the South Perth foreshore.

Michael Palmer

NEWSInfluencer’s unique life at Aussie school

An Australian influencer has revealed her unusual experience growing up with 120 boys at a boarding school — adding that “someone has seen me get changed”.

Eli Green

research and engagementCommentsCurtin Uni celebrates ag researcher with Partnership Award

Strong leadership in the field of research and project collaboration has led to Curtin University awarding Dr Julia Easton from the School of Molecular and Life Sciences a Partnership Award.

Aidan Smith

EducationAustralian students out-performing international peers

Poor Australian students are on average five years behind in their studies than their richer peers, a report on academic performance has found.

Staff Writers

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There’s no opting out of mathematics

It’s a common homework refrain, repeated by frustrated teens to equally frazzled parents at dinner tables across the State and country.

School safety indexCommentsPremiumAustralian classrooms ranked ‘scarier’ than El Salvador

Worryingly, Australia fell well below the OECD average on an index of student perception of safety at school.

David Baker

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WA school says ‘no complaints’ made about accused sex creep

The overarching body of an elite Perth school where accused child sex creep Roberto Messina taught at for almost 15 years says no complaints were made during his tenure. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Top of their gameCommentsPremiumBright WA students buck national ‘bad at maths’ trend

While one in four Australian teenagers struggle with basic maths skills, the nation’s proportion of top performers is above the international average.

Bethany Hiatt

EducationPremiumChildren suffer huge learning setbacks during pandemic

Historic setbacks in reading during the pandemic and even deeper losses in maths are not entirely the result of COVID-19 disruption, a study finds.

Collin Binkley

Education decline PremiumGlobal test puts Aussie students four years behind Singapore

Australian 15-year-olds have failed to turn around a long-term decline in results in international tests — falling up to four years of schooling behind top-ranked country Singapore.

Bethany Hiatt

Future generationsCommentsPremiumBreaking stigma around entrepreneurs critical to innovation

Tech company founder Jeanette Cheah believes there is a long way to go to break the stigma around entrepreneurship and its viability as a “legitimate” career path.

Cheyanne Enciso

EducationPremiumTeacher pay stand-off ends after union backs new offer

Parents have likely seen the last of teacher strikes for the time being after the South Australian government's latest pay offer won union support.

Jacob Shteyman

Bob Hawke ScholarshipCommentsPremiumSimon Hayward secures Scholarship for Indigenous education

Simon Hayward, hailing from Katanning, has earned the prestigious Bob Hawke Aboriginal Teacher Scholarship after drawing on his tumultuous upbringing to make a positive impact on the lives of others.

Harry Grigson

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Rottnest camp fees slashed for WA’s disadvantaged schools

Fees to Rottnest Island will be waived completely for WA’s most disadvantaged schools as the Cook Government moves to slash the cost of school camps for families struggling under the cost of living pressures. 

Josh Zimmerman

News‘Shocking’: Nearly $159m in stolen wages

Staggering new figures have exposed the depths of systemic underpayment in Australian universities.

Eleanor Campbell

Guilty plea PremiumTeen admits to firing gunshots at Perth school

A teenager has admitted he was the person who fired at a Two Rocks school plunging the facility into lockdown and leaving staff and students cowering for their lives.

Emily Moulton

‘I apologise’CommentsPremiumMinister says sorry to let-down students with disabilities

Tony Buti has apologised to students with disabilities who have been let down by the education system while announcing a Schools Act review to see if enough is being done to support them.

Rebecca Le May

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One-year teaching diploma revived for desperate classrooms

WA’s biggest university is reinstating a one-year teaching qualification to fast-track more teachers into the profession to help plug growing shortages.

Bethany Hiatt

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Abrupt exit Premium
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Private school teacher on child sex charges’ past revealed

A Perth maths teacher fired over criminal allegations he tried to procure a child for sexual activity abruptly left another school almost 20 years ago. 

Sarah Steger

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There’s a clear path forward to improve teen girls’ health

Does this sounds familiar? “We get told to be ladylike but then get made fun of for being ladylike. The whole thing is very contradictory and when all of this is pushed on a young girl . . . it confuses us.”

Kate Emery

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Catholic schools told to use ‘ineffective’ reading tests

WA Catholic primary schools are being forced to assess beginner readers with an outdated test based on discredited strategies, prompting grim warnings from experts.

Bethany Hiatt

School servicePremiumStrong relationships formed between students and residents

Students of St Patrick’s School in Katanning have completed their community service options program with Kerry Lodge as part of an initiative to expand their interests beyond the classroom.

Harry Grigson

EducationNew PM to ban mobile phones in New Zealand schools

New Zealand's new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he will ban the use of mobile phones in schools to improve student performance.

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