Kylie Thomas,50,with her grandchild Ollie,10.

The education gap between rich and poor students is growing. These schools may have the answer

The chasm between rich and poor students in Australia has been growing over the past two decades,new research shows,but some schools are closing that gap.

  • Nicole Precel

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Share and care across common school playgrounds and classrooms adds up

The debate is not about rich kids versus poor kids,it is about asking whether Australia is comfortable with an increasingly divided education system.

Our Lady’s College at Annerley.

Catholic girls’ high school to go co-ed,two primary schools to close

The girls’ school will be expanded ahead of the move to co-education.

  • William Davis
Maths teacher Simon Jenkins with year 8 students at Marist College North Shore.

The top 160 high schools for maths and literacy growth

NAPLAN data reveals the best Sydney schools for progress between years 7 and 9.

  • Christopher Harris andNigel Gladstone
Not all independent school students come from wealthy families.

Private schools aren’t full of rich kids – here’s the evidence

Two in every three new students over the past 26 years have been enrolled in an independent school. They can’t all be “rich kids”.

  • Margery Evans
Former King’s School headmaster Tony George.

The farewell speech ‘joke’ that ended in private school head’s sacking

Tony George made a joke at a staff farewell. He was later fired and told on Christmas Eve he had a month to vacate the headmaster’s residence.

  • Christopher Harris
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There are fewer school libraries,but only one student group is affected

School libraries aren’t compulsory,and this is widening the gap between public and private schools.

  • Cathie Warburton
Raj and Aman Mangat with their youngest daughter Iskara and dog Simba in Box Hill.

From 119 students to 1445 in five years:The Sydney suburb that exploded before schools arrived

The Mangat family bought into a suburb promised four public schools. That didn’t happen.

  • Ellie Busby
Era Court residents Ken and Andrea Eldridge,Pasha Memon and Andre Chin want Carey Grammar to keep the school bus service.

Private school cancels buses despite traffic snarl that’s already left neighbours housebound

A grammar school has put an end to bus services designed to ease traffic congestion around their Donvale campus,raising student safety concerns and residents’ objections.

  • Bridie Smith
Oh Canada,might you hold the solution to Australia’s increasingly unequal education system.

Our kids are segregated in every way imaginable. We should look to Canada for a solution

The Australian education system is unique – but not in a good way.

  • Jane Caro