The state’s powerful anti-corruption body is investigating allegations bureaucrats from School Infrastructure awarded lucrative contracts to friends and business associates.
While others tackle a hot tertiary topic.
Top selective schools James Ruse and North Sydney Boys benefited from parent contributions upwards of $2000 per student. Search our table to see how your school fares.
Teachers are fleeing the classroom,and monstrous parents are often to blame.
While the passport troubles continue.
Academic integrity experts say the advent of artificial intelligence has made high-stakes tests such as NAPLAN more susceptible to cheating.
As more families have both parents working full-time and employers impose return-to-office policies,a new report recommends an overhaul of outside school hours care.
Tim Petterson is alleging a breach of employment contract,but the institution says concerns were raised about his “performance and conduct” before he was dismissed in 2022.
The NSW Education Department has identified 24 schools as the most improved in lifting band 4,5 and 6 results over the past eight years.
The head of Ascham School’s IT department allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of computers and sold the equipment on an online marketplace.
The two girls plunged a NSW school into lockdown when they allegedly attempted to assault a fellow student before turning on staff.
The Sydney Metro is having a huge impact on schools in North Sydney – and the Wageners were ahead of the curve.
NSW is the only state that doesn’t fund endometriosis and pain workshops for public school students despite research revealing one in four girls miss classes due to period pain.
In one of the world’s most expensive cities,and after a pandemic changed the way we work and learn,the campus lifestyle is increasingly a thing of the past.
The head of the University of NSW says he will double the amount of student housing it offers at half the cost of private providers.
The Australian Academy of Science will call on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to hold an emergency meeting as more institutions are hit by questions from the US.
Some schools were hit by a technical issue which meant they could access predictive text and spellcheck.
After nationwide research showed participation in school swimming carnivals had plunged,experts say a lot of students are missing out on key skills.
One in four schools around Australia have abandoned the annual swimming carnival,research shows,as Royal Life Saving Australia sounds the alarm over safety.
For 27 years,the selective school reigned at the top of HSC league tables until 2023,when it was dethroned by North Sydney Boys.
The number of applicants for some private school scholarship tests has increased by about 30 per cent in the past few years.
In a letter penned to Anthony Albanese this week,Greens leader Adam Bandt had three key requests.
For years,CBD has dined out on the trials and tribulations of Scots College’s garish new student centre modelled on a Scottish baronial castle.
As top institutions are accused of putting money before academic integrity,one university has cut back on graduation ceremonies and said it would give students a “coveted” rubber duck.
An analysis of Australian international test results shows some pupils are almost four years behind in learning due to maths anxiety.
One of Sydney’s top-performing public schools will seek to cut costs and ask parents to pay more after its budget was slashed.
International education is second only to coal in terms of NSW’s export industries. Would a cap on overseas student numbers put that at risk?
Supermarkets,health clinics,transport,schools and roads have all been impacted by Cyclone Alfred. Here’s what you need to know.
Teachers will get maths and reading results almost instantly under a plan by the national curriculum authority.
Sydney’s education thought leaders have gathered at ICC Sydney for The Sydney Morning Herald School Summit.
The SMH Schools Summit 2025 will hear radical proposals for selective public schools and private schools to share the load of disadvantaged students.
Michele Bruniges will use a speech at The Sydney Morning Herald Schools Summit on Wednesday to outline how public schools disproportionately educate disadvantaged students.
A controversial change to the catchment zone of one of Sydney’s top-performing comprehensive schools,Killara High,has been pushed back.
The Minns government has shelved plans to build schools in the very suburbs it has earmarked for housing development.
The teacher-run 15-minute test will check students’ maths skills in counting,ordering numbers and simple addition and subtraction.
The federal government will lift its share of NSW school funding in a similar deal to a $2.5 billion agreement with Victoria five weeks ago.
Families pay a median price of $3.3 million to live in Killara. Now,many of them won’t get their kids into Killara High.
There’s evidence that children aged under three are more stressed in childcare centres than at home. Working parents need options.
Bans and restrictions on use and type of mobile phones are gaining traction.
Plans for an education precinct at St Leonards and a new Chatswood public primary school were earmarked under the former government.
Seventeen seats have been designated “ground zero” in a campaign to pressure major parties to shore up billions of dollars in public funding.
Granville Boys High student support officer Sheikh Wesam Charkawi was ordered to remove social media posts where he downplayed antisemitic comments made by two Sydney nurses.
With part-time jobs,fewer lectures and long commutes,many university students are weighing up whether it’s worth turning up to class.
Video allegedly showing a young Ballarat Grammar boy being bullied by a group of older schoolmates.
Performance goals that have been kept from the public for months reveal what parents really think about their children’s school.
While the state government is focused on delivering more co-ed options,many of the most popular schools are single sex.
Parents this week launched a fundraising campaign to raise $20,000 in a bid to stop the senior campus from being dismantled.
Public school graduates made up only 41 per cent of new undergraduates at Sydney University despite efforts to increase students from disadvantaged groups.
The latest results come amid a loss of faith in democracy and political institutions,rising antisemitic attacks and a breakdown in social cohesion.
Thousands more NSW parents are choosing Catholic and private schools for their children amid an exodus from public education.