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EducationPremiumResults on time despite VCE exam blunder growing

The results of Victorian students' Year 12 will still be released on time despite a mass publishing error impacting an extra nine papers.

Holly Hales

EducationWhere 960 kinders, schools must be built, and built big

One Australian state will need about 900 new kindergartens and 60 new government schools to keep up with demand and a growing population by 2036.

William Ton

NewsPremiumIslamic college school bus set alight

A school bus belonging to an Islamic college has been targeted by arsonists, causing extensive damage and leaving the school questioning its security.

Alexandra Feiam

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WA school students learn Latin in ‘transformational’ program

Latin has not been taught in schools for many years — but the ancient language underpins an innovative spelling program being rolled out to primary schools across the country next year.

Bethany Hiatt

UpdatedPremium‘In our hearts’: Touching tribute to Holly

Friends, family and loved ones have farewelled Aussie teenager Holly Morton-Bowles, who died of suspected methanol poisoning while overseas.

Alexandra Feiam

Albany ChangemakerPremiumAlbany Changemaker initiative set to empower local youth

Albany is set to play host to an “incredible” youth program that will help the city’s youth realise their leadership potential thanks to a $10,000 State government grant.

Hannah Whitehead and Georgia Campion

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Radical plan to boost school attendance in north-west WA

A radical program aimed at getting truants back to school is bringing teachers to the students instead of the other way around in the Kimberley town of Fitzroy Crossing.

Bethany Hiatt

ScienceCommentsPremiumThe work of these quiet WA pioneers could change our lives

An unassuming building deep within the University of Western Australia’s Crawley campus is the professional home of a group of scientists who hope their work could transform how the world works.

Adrian Lowe

Art AwardNASHS student earnes top SIDE art ATAR in WA

Aspiring art teacher and North Albany Senior High School student Neve Schoof has earned the highest ATAR School of Isolated and Distance Education score for year 11 art in WA.

Georgia Campion

MiningCommentsPremiumAustralia running out of mining graduates, warns BHP boss

BHP’s Australia chief has warned the country’s supply of mining workers is under threat, and bemoaned its permitting systems as a laggard compared to global peers. 

Simone Grogan

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Entrepreneurial skills will help young tackle the future

Entrepreneurship should be a top-10 career choice for secondary school students.

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The graduate advice no-one asked for, from Perth mums

Money can buy happiness - or at least save you stress - and other advice for graduates from Perth mums

Kim Macdonald

Kim Macdonald

EducationCommentsPremiumAussie girls slip further behind boys in maths and science

Australian girls are slipping further behind boys on maths and science achievement, the latest global report card reveals.

Bethany Hiatt

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REVEALED: The 25 WA schools achieving above expectations

The efforts of hardworking students and teachers have propelled 25 WA schools on to a list of high-performers based on NAPLAN results. SEE THE LIST

Bethany Hiatt

ContractingPremiumGovernment trials gender targets in Byford school build

Construction has started at the State Government’s second project contracted under trial procurement frameworks requiring that women make up 10 per cent of the staff working on the site. 

Simone Grogan

NEWSPremiumKids burned in horror school accident

Three year 10 students have been hospitalised after a science experiment went wrong in a rural NSW high school, leaving the teenagers with burns.

Alexandra Feiam

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The reality about student standards at our universities

Australia-wide statistics show that students are not getting a ‘free pass’.

Raymond da Silva Rosa

Federal PoliticsCommentsHECS founder slams Greens’ unfair tuition fees plan

University education cannot exist for free, the architect of the country’s student loans scheme has warned — blowing apart a key Greens strategy to appeal to younger voters

Nicola Smith

CrimePremiumClaim student plied with drugs, sexually abused

Witnesses and victims are being urged to come forward with any information about alleged historical sexual abuse at a high school in the 1980s.

Emma Kirk

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Teaching the next generation during the great dumbing down

This new legislation to limit access to social media for under 16s is not a bad thing - they don’t need those apps.

Andrew Miller

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Are teachers using AI to write your child’s school report?

WA teachers will be able to use artificial intelligence for end-of-year school reports despite blanket bans on the practice in other States.

Laura Newell

EducationCommentsPremiumUni program preps broadcast journos for newsroom chaos

Budding broadcast journos at Edith Cowan University are putting the final touches on this year’s edition of Rough Cut, the uni’s flagship showcase, ahead of its airing on Channel 7 on Sunday.

EducationPremiumExtent of cuts to school swimming lessons laid bare

Thousands of children from more than 40 WA schools have missed out on half their scheduled swimming lessons this year because of a shortage of instructors.

Bethany Hiatt

School LockdownPremiumMan detained near Albany school after forcing lockdown

An Albany school was forced into lockdown on Wednesday after a man was seen allegedly acting suspiciously on the grounds at St Joseph’s College in Spencer Park. 

Georgia Campion