‘Please don’t make our jobs harder’:Suspended students to get more power to appeal

‘Please don’t make our jobs harder’:Suspended students to get more power to appeal

A public school principal has spoken out against the Miles government’s plans to grant more appeal rights to students given short suspensions in Queensland schools.

  • byFelicity Caldwell

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Chair of independent schools peak body quits ‘effective immediately’

Chair of independent schools peak body quits ‘effective immediately’

John Ralston tendered his resignation after reports the NSW Association of Independent Schools allowed a child sex offender to remain on its board after it was advised of his past crimes.

  • byLucy Carroll
Teen who stabbed fellow Perth student jailed after diary entries reveal ‘murderous intent’

Teen who stabbed fellow Perth student jailed after diary entries reveal ‘murderous intent’

Although the student was initially charged with aggravated unlawful wounding,police later uncovered diary entries suggesting a plan to commit multiple murders.

  • byHolly Thompson
Brisbane Grammar made $559K in application fees last year,with no guarantee for kids on the wait list

Brisbane Grammar made $559K in application fees last year,with no guarantee for kids on the wait list

Despite a cost-of-living crisis,applications to Brisbane’s most expensive and prestigious school have surged by 85 per cent in four years.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Violence in schools rises to new high as assaults up by 61 per cent
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Violence in schools rises to new high as assaults up by 61 per cent

New data released exclusively to The Age by the Crime Statistics Agency validates widespread concerns about students’ behaviour at school.

  • byRobyn Grace
‘We’re not mugs’:Perth council refuses to hand over land for new school

‘We’re not mugs’:Perth council refuses to hand over land for new school

Education Minister Tony Buti has claimed the decision,made at Tuesday night’s council meeting,was a direct result of Basil Zempilas’ political views.

  • byHolly Thompson andJesinta Burton
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Our children face dangerous double standard on behaviour,say educators

Our children face dangerous double standard on behaviour,say educators

Educators sick and of being called upon to be responsible for every aspect of a child’s upbringing have taken a stand,saying they do not exist in a vacuum.

  • byHolly Thompson
It takes a village,but WA young people are being abandoned by theirs
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It takes a village,but WA young people are being abandoned by theirs

How do our young people behave well at school when they frequently see adults behaving atrociously? Perhaps it’s not students and schools we should be examining.

  • byBelinda Provis
Qld’s home-school parents fight orders to teach Australian curriculum

Qld’s home-school parents fight orders to teach Australian curriculum

The state government has been warned that increasing its rules for home-schooling could push the movement underground.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Bradley’s school years were the best of his life. For his twin,James,they were ‘hell’

Bradley’s school years were the best of his life. For his twin,James,they were ‘hell’

James Elliot-Watson was an obvious candidate for school prefect – his teachers all told him so. Then,one lunchtime,he told a member of staff he was struggling with his sexuality.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Qld’s biggest high school hires extra staff as enrolments exceed 4000

Qld’s biggest high school hires extra staff as enrolments exceed 4000

The school,which has an official enrolment capacity of 3444 students,has grown by 8 per cent in two years.

  • byFelicity Caldwell