Former School Infrastructure NSW chief executive Anthony Manning;former PwC partner Amy Brown.

Schools boss steered contracts to PwC partner who suggested him for top job,ICAC hears

Former Investment NSW boss Amy Brown helped Anthony Manning polish his CV but denies having directly influenced his recruitment.

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Tutor Tim Ricketts says every child should be able to resit the test.

‘They are not mucking around,these parents’:Scale of selective test chaos emerges

The integrity of the high-stakes selective schools test has been questioned,and parents are still waiting for answers.

  • Emily Kowal andLucy Carroll
Clancy Catholic College principal David Costin with year 12 students.

The ‘unfair’ HSC system distorting the subjects students choose

One of the state’s school sectors is urging reform of the HSC,saying students are being nudged towards easier subjects.

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Kincoppal-Rose Bay

Top Sydney private schools change their minds on co-education

One eastern suburbs institution is closing its doors to boys in its junior campus after more than 100 years,while another on the north shore will no longer admit girls.

  • Lucy Carroll

Students given second chance after selective school exams erupt into chaos

Thousands of students who sat selective exams on Friday will be able to resit tests at public schools after chaos descended on mega centres.

  • Lucy Carroll
Cassandra Pride completed a masters in education at La Trobe.

‘Nothing in my degree to prepare me for that’:Why student teachers face big changes

Australian universities have until the end of the year to overhaul more than 280 teacher training courses.

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Hundreds of jobs to go at Sydney’s major universities

Some of the state’s major universities are planning to slash up to 1000 jobs amid escalating budget pressures and multimillion-dollar deficits.

  • Lucy Carroll
St Bernard’s

How these schools are teaching their way out of a national maths crisis

Australia has been too slow to scrap “faddish,unproven” maths teaching methods,a new report says. These schools have found the secret to success.

  • Lucy Carroll
SMH The Scots College John Cunningham Student Centre by JCA Architects.

Inside this Sydney private school’s $60 million castle

Eastern suburbs private school Scots College will this week unveil the faux baronial castle after years of delay and budget blowouts.

  • Lucy Carroll
NSW Education Department secretary Murat Dizdar at the SMH Schools Summit last month.

‘We support parent choice’:Uproar over NSW schools chief’s push to reconsider private schools

Premier Chris Minns says his government is “certainly not” going to take away options for parents after NSW’s head of public schools questioned if private schools should exist.

  • Lucy Carroll andChristopher Harris