As an outsider,I see Australia’s selective and private schools mainly as a mechanism that perpetuates social inequality.
In kicking the can of responsibility for the Yarra Valley Grammar students who ranked their female classmates to another school,parents are missing the point.
More parents are missing school payments as they struggle with massive mortgage payments. Cashed-up baby boomers are here to help.
Opponents of the idea argue a proposed new lease deal hands virtual ownership of a public park to a private school – for generations.
When my own high school rating list came out,that ranking stayed with me forever. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
The principal of Yarra Valley Grammar said the school was characterised by respectful relationships “most of the time”.
The boys shared a spreadsheet in a messaging app that ranked female classmates.
A Herald analysis of financial reports from more than 20 schools shows scholarship and bursary budgets have grown to a total value of more than $200 million.
A WA expert says there is considerable weight to the ‘urban myth’ families join a Catholic church or have their children baptised primarily due to school choice.
School is about to start for the day and all is peaceful in the Glen Iris street adjoining the private school,where new parking restrictions have been imposed.
Parents at a private school in Melbourne’s east are up in arms over changes to parking rules that mean they cannot park outside the school to drop off and pick up their children.