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.
The debate is not about rich kids versus poor kids,it is about asking whether Australia is comfortable with an increasingly divided education system.
The girls’ school will be expanded ahead of the move to co-education.
NAPLAN data reveals the best Sydney schools for progress between years 7 and 9.
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”.
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.
School libraries aren’t compulsory,and this is widening the gap between public and private schools.
The Mangat family bought into a suburb promised four public schools. That didn’t happen.
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.
The Australian education system is unique – but not in a good way.