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Hot List nominations: a reminder to vote!
Time is running out to cast your vote in The Educator’s Hot List, with nominations closing this coming Friday, 27 March.
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“We've had enough”: Independent schools poised to strike
The union representing independent schools has announced it will strike on 28 April unless its ongoing dispute with the Catholic Commission for Employment Relations (CCER) is resolved by the weekend.
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Parents can add “greater value” to homework
If students are to reap greater value from homework, parents must be involved, says a leading voice in education.
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Religious schools win right to reject non-believers
An amendment to the Anti-Discrimination Act has given faith-based schools the right to reject students whose families do not share their faith.
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Students flocking to secondary private schools, ABS data shows
The number of students in Australia's schools increased by 1.3%, nearly 50,000 students, between 2013 and 2014, a report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has found.
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Deputy principal stabbed by 16-year-old student
The deputy principal of a NSW school has been taken to hospital after being stabbed by a 16-year-old student.
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Far Out Friday: Principal ‘phones God’ to punish students
Teachers often refer misbehaving students to the principal, but who does the principal refer such students to? God, of course.
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$1bn Gonski redistribution plan has private schools fuming
One political party’s plan to make Gonski funding more equitable has angered some prominent independent school bodies.
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Govt promises extra classrooms to cope with enrolment surge
NSW Premier, Mike Baird, has promised 30 new classrooms for two Sydney schools to cope with a surge in enrollments.
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Mergers giving schools strength in numbers - and resources
As enrollment numbers increase in some schools and dwindle in others, could mergers provide a solution?
