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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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A universities leader is slamming the Labor government's plan to cut international student numbers. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Savannah Meacham

‘Policy chaos’: Industry outrage as Australia’s top unis revealed

Three Australian universities have scored a top 20 result in a global ranking, as the head of Universities Australia labels the government's international student cap proposal "policy chaos" with significant ramifications.

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Police and the Department of Education are investigating a post which ranked girls studying at Foxwell State Secondary College using sexist categories.
Queensland
Georgina Noack

‘Abduction material’: High school rocked by ranking scandal

Teenage girls at a Queensland high school have been targeted on a social media post with a ‘vile’ student ranking system.

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Richard Marles says it's critically important that the nation stands up against anti-Semitism.
Victoria
Kat Wong with Georgina Noack

‘Anti-Semitism worst I’ve ever seen in Australia’: Marles

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles claims anti-Semitism in Australia has reached levels not seen in his lifetime. His comments come after one of the most prominent Jewish day schools was targeted in a sickening graffiti attack.

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More than 100 students took over the Arts West building at the University of Melbourne in a dramatic sit-in on Wednesday afternoon (May 15).
Education
Georgina Noack

Leave now, or else: Uni threatens to expel Palestine campers

A major University at the centre of a dramatic sit-in has demanded pro-Palestine protesters leave campus or face expulsion or police intervention.

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Pro-Palestine solidarity encampments stationed at universities across Australia remain defiant in the face of mounting pressure to disband their tent cities.
Education
Remy Varga

Uni bolsters security as protestors issue joint statement

The University of Melbourne is bolstering campus security and has warned “external actors” they could be referred to police as hundreds of students continue to occupy a building in a pro-Palestine protest.

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Pro-Palestine demonstrators at the University of Melbourne have taken their protest indoors. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Rachael Ward

University tensions rise as protesters refuse to budge

Classes at one of Australia’s biggest universities are set to be cancelled for a third day in a row as pro-Palestine protesters around the nation defy orders to pack up encampments.

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