This Month
NAPLAN fail: Outage causes nationwide chaos for students
System failures left many students across the country unable to log on to the online testing platform on the first day of the scheme this year.
February
This laptop was designed for schoolkids – then things got complicated
Lenovo’s top-of-the-range Chromebook has not one but three operating systems – which comes with pros and cons.
Should taxpayers fund $50,000-a-year private schools?
Parents and children deserve choice in education. But should high-fee institutions be subsidised, even if it’s only $4000 or $5000 a year for each student?
January
Hackers steal Victorian students’ personal data in major cyber breach
The Education Department said the hackers gained access to sensitive data through a school’s network but there was no evidence it was released publicly.
December 2025
Private school fees hit $50,000 in Sydney, break new levels elsewhere
With private school fees rising quicker than inflation, key Sydney schools will eclipse $50,000 next year.
October 2025
What is 6-7, and why are all the children saying it?
Schools have banned it, South Park deemed it “demonic” … why won’t kids stop saying six seeeeven?
Unions win right to enter schools for recruiting
A landmark court ruling has radically opened up right of entry laws, potentially allowing unions to enter TAFEs, schools and universities to organise apprentices.
September 2025
Is Jason Clare’s ‘super agency’ education shake up a solution or a blunder?
The federal minister’s proposal could remedy Australian education’s most worrying deficits by ensuring unity in addressing not only what students learn but how.
August 2025
Scotch Old Boys told to ‘be vigilant’ as school hacked
Old Collegians have been told by the current principal to be wary of suspicious emails. Via a mass email, of course.
The ‘good school’ surcharge has climbed to $1.3m
Houses in the catchments of well-regarded public schools are as much as 40 per cent more expensive.
July 2025
How to get children reading again
Smartphones, busy lives and falling adult literacy are all contributing to a decline in young people turning to books for pleasure. Can the trend be reversed?
The school so crowded kids have to take turns in the yard
State governments are struggling to keep up with infrastructure for a booming student population.
The week Labor’s childcare legacy became a bigger challenge
Labor’s education challenges with schools and universities are now dwarfed by the need to restore faith in the childcare system after the shocking events in Victoria.
Rise in exam help for school students ‘driven by NDIS’
A quarter of Australian students get disability support in school, but higher rates of exam help in non-government schools have some questioning the fairness.
Teachers’ huge 35pc pay claim is part of a union recruitment drive
The union’s Victorian membership plunged after its last pay negotiations resulted in a 2 per cent rise. Now it’s going for much more and wants non-members to know it.
June 2025
NSW budget winners and losers
Housing developers, foster carers and public servants to gain from 2025-26 budget, while drivers to lose awaiting toll reforms.
The popular executive course making its way into the schoolroom
An ethics program attended by senior executives, judges and policymakers has been adapted to help students navigate social media.
April 2025
Why Aussie kids can’t do basic maths
Australia fails to equip teachers with the resources or training they need. That’s unfair on teachers and their students.
March 2025
Foreign investors banned: What else is in it for you
From a ban on foreign investors buying existing houses to pork-barrelling road projects in marginal electorates, here’s a sector breakdown of the budget.
Labor’s education report card is one step forward, two steps back
Efforts to put strict conditions on additional school funding to the states to improve outcomes have already been undercut by creating an alibi for failure.
