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Chevalier College in the NSW Souther Highlands has adopted a new approach to flexible learning. 
NSW
Rhiannon Lewin

This NSW school has moved to a four-day week for some students. So, does it work?

‘Things can be done a little differently and we need to move with those changing ideas.’

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Chevalier College trialled flexible learning, allowing some student to study from home on Mondays.
Education
Rhiannon Lewin

School to permanently move to four-day week for some students

The school said it observed a number of positive outcomes during a trial.

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The ‘Harvard’ brainteaser has a low pass rate.
Education
Ryan Hooper

Can you crack this impossible ‘Harvard’ brainteaser?

The internet is often our first port of call when we’re stumped by a question – but the worldwide web is fighting back with a seemingly impossible brainteaser of its own. 

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Some parents are OK with their children missing school for life lessons instead.
Education

It’s a bad example but I lie so my kid can duck school

‘The idea that there is a complete set of knowledge that can only be achieved by sitting behind a desk every single day is rubbish.’

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is being called upon to deliver on funding for schools.
Politics
Kat Wong

Nationwide school crisis as students $1000 worse off

School students nationally are $1000 worse off according to reports, as calls for the federal government to step in and address funding issues ramp up.

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Education experts spoke of “grim reading”, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the results “alarming”.  However many of these analyses are misguided and unhelpful.
Education
Sally Larsen

Are the latest NAPLAN results really an ‘epic fail’?

On Wednesday, Australia woke up to a barrage of reports about the latest NAPLAN results. Media coverage described ‘plummeting’ performances and a ‘bleak picture’. However many of these analyses are misguided.

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SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Australia’s NAPLAN results prove there is a need for a universal phonics skills check in Year 1, to ensure no student is left behind in reading.
Opinion
Simon Birmingham

One way we can ensure kids don’t get left behind at school

SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Australia’s NAPLAN results prove there is a need for a universal phonics skills check in Year 1, to ensure no student is left behind.

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Natalie Durer says her son Jaxon has been banned from ordering at his school canteen for more than a year.
Education
Bethany Hiatt

Kid banned from school canteen over bizarre quarrel with mum

A primary school canteen has refused to serve one student for more than a year because of a bizarre quarrel with his mother.

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In a poll, 31 per cent agreed university education was not worth the time and money.
Education
Alex Ward

Is uni a waste of time and money?

It has traditionally been seen as the best route to a well-paid and successful career. But now nearly a third of people think a university education is a waste of time and money. 

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The choices young people face today vastly differ from those of previous generations.
Opinion
Jeni O’Dowd

The jobs phenomenon that may require a rethink on schooling

JENI O’DOWD: The choices young people face today vastly differ from those of previous generations.

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New guidelines will restrict personal devices in early childhood education centres from Monday.
Australia
Hayley Taylor

Staff banned from using personal devices to photograph children at childcare centres

The use of personal devices will also be restricted in early childhood education and care centres under a voluntary code that begins on Monday.

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Schoolgirls were ranked into offensive categories including ‘unrapeable’.
Education
Laine Clark

Teen boy charged over 'vile' ranking of schoolgirls

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with three counts over an Instagram post that ranked female students at a Gold Coast high school into ‘vile’ categories.

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Jacinta Allan has announced the government's response to abuse of students at Beaumaris Primary.
Education
Callum Godde

‘We failed’: Apology, truth-telling for abused students

A statewide apology will be made to victim-survivors of sexual abuse in state schools, following an inquiry that found a “serious and systematic” failure to protect children.

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Former Cranbrook principal Nicholas Sampson has reached a settlement with the elite Sydney private school.
Australia
Sarah Blake

‘Vindicated’: Former principal settles after sex scandal

Former Cranbrook principal Nicholas Sampson has reached a settlement with the elite Sydney private school three months after his sudden departure during a teacher sex scandal but he’s still pursuing the ABC

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AI presents huge challenges to young graduates entering the work force, writes Lucio Ribeiro.
Business
Lucio Ribeiro

How AI can help — and hinder — those entering the work force

The job market has always been tough for university graduates, but the class of 2024 faces a new challenge that no other generation has had to face.

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