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A very junior officer has been blamed for the VCE blunder just six months out from 2025 exams. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumExam overhaul after bungle blamed on junior staffer

A junior staffer has been blamed for a blunder in one state's year 12 exams, with the mistake triggering the sacking of an exam board.

Rachael Ward

Harvard University is gearing up for a fight with the Trump administration over federal funding. (AP PHOTO)

EducationUS freezes $3.2 billion in federal funding for Harvard

Harvard University has lost $3.2 billion in US federal funding after the prestigious ivy league institution refused to bow to Trump administration demands.

Brad Brooks and Ismail Shakil

The mother of a six-year-old autistic boy who was locked in a bus outside an Ellenbrook child care centre on a scorching afternoon has spoken out about the incident.

WA newsPremium‘Scared’ 6yo left on bus knocked on window to get out

The mother of a six-year-old autistic boy who was locked inside a bus outside an Ellenbrook child care centre on a scorching afternoon has spoken out.

Bethany Hiatt

WA’s maths problem starts in primary school. 

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Amy HaywoodCommentsPremium
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No time to waste in improving kids’ maths skills

Every child in WA deserves the chance for success, not just those lucky enough to find themselves in the right classroom. 

Amy Haywood

The Grattan Institute has released a report calling for a stronger focus on teaching maths.

EducationCommentsPremiumAussie kids failing maths because of ‘faddish’ teaching

One in three students are failing to attain key benchmarks in NAPLAN numeracy tests.

Bethany Hiatt

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NewsPremiumInternational student arrivals hit record level

Almost 200,000 international students arrived in Australia in a one-month period this year as both sides of politics pledge to cut back on migration.

Liam Beatty

Noah Balta at Richmond AFL training in Melbourne. Thursday, April 10. 2025. David Crosling

AFLPremiumWhat victim thinks of Balta AFL return

Richmond has been called out for poor handling of the Noah Balta situation as the victim’s lawyer revealed his client’s thoughts on the player’s return.

News Corp Australia

The GeoCatch possum mascot visits students at Georgiana Molloy Anglican School.

Citizen scienceSchool kids become citizen scientists in possum count

Year 7 students from Georgiana Molloy Anglican School have become citizen scientists this month, jumping onboard to help critically endangered possums in the 2025 Ringtail Tally.

Craig Duncan

The new payments will be made in the next school term.

State PoliticsParents to get up to $250 per child for next school term

The Premier was confident take-up for the student assistance payments would improve the second time around, after 20 per cent of eligible families failed to lodge a claim last year. 

Jessica Page

Questacon Science Circus has partnered with Scitech to bring a free interactive experience to Eaton.

Kids in sciencePremiumEaton to host free interactive science exhibit this weekend

A free science fair has made its way to Bunbury primary schools, ending with an exhibit open to all families on the weekend. 

Sofia Fimognari

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NewsPremiumPM’s cash splash for kids’ reef trips

Labor plans on making it easier for schoolchildren to visit one of Australia’s most popular tourist destinations with a multi-million dollar cash splash.

Nathan Schmidt

The teacher said the growing prevalence of social media and the change to the school starting age had a massive impact on students’ behaviour.

EducationCommentsPremiumBurnt-out teacher calls for more CCTV to protect staff

A burnt-out teacher forced into early retirement after years of violence from students and rising workloads has called for more security cameras and guards in schools to help teachers focus on teaching.

Bethany Hiatt

Mason Farmer, 8, spent a night in hospital immobilised in a neck brace after he was brutally bashed in his primary school playground.

EducationPremiumTerrified 8yo hospitalised after savage school bashing

A distraught mother has spoken out about the scourge of school violence after her eight-year-old son was brutally bashed in a primary school playground, forcing him to spend a night in hospital in a neck brace.

Bethany Hiatt

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NewsTravellers warned of looming chaos

Aussies are being warned to prepare for chaotic scenes as they head off for school holidays.

Alexandra Feiam

AI is demolishing jobs overnight, climate change is forcing entire industries to reinvent themselves or die and inequality widens despite our so-called prosperity. 

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Mayowa BabalolaCommentsPremium
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Rise of the machines makes the human touch more valuable

Australian business education is failing our future and it’s time we admitted it.

Mayowa Babalola

A Sydney primary school has increased playground supervision after alleged assault on a five-year-old girl.

The NightlySchool’s big change after vile 5yo girl playground assault

The Department of Education has written to parents after a shocking assault on a five-year-old girl in the middle of a primary school playground. WARNING: Confronting content

Demi Huang

Endometriosis Australia spent only $180k on research despite $1.2m in donations, grants, a new report has revealed.

EXCLUSIVEPremiumCharity’s $300k ‘consultant’ bill revealed

A peak charity spent just over 10 per cent of the more than $1m given in donations and grants on research, spending big on consultants and filming instead.

Nathan Schmidt, Isabella Garrido

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EducationPremiumHorror as woman impaled on school fence

A woman has been hospitalised after her arm was impaled and she was left ‘dangling’ from a fence at a suburban high school.

Alexandra Feiam

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NEWSPremiumFormer MP met 13yo boy on gay app: cops

A former MP who allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy after meeting him on a gay hook-up app will fight the charges during a trial.

Clareese Packer, Nathan Schmidt

Students and teachers at St Charbel’s College in Punchbowl were evacuated following a bomb threat on Friday morning. Picture Google

CrimePremiumSchool evacuated after bomb threat

Students and staff have been evacuated following an anonymous bomb threat made to a high school.

Emma Kirk

More children are turning up to school wearing nappies.

EducationCommentsPremiumShocking number of kids turning up to school wearing nappies

More children are turning up to school wearing nappies, prompting education assistants to call for kindergartens and pre-primaries to be better equipped to help them cope with the influx.

Bethany Hiatt

WA Cricket CEO John Stephenson and Murdoch University vice-chancellor Andrew Deeks pictured at the WACA.

BusinessCommentsPremiumWA Cricket’s WACA revamp update as it pens new Murdoch deal

WA Cricket and Murdoch University have extended their long-running partnership in what has been described a significant investment to boost jobs in the sports industry.

Cheyanne Enciso

MDMA tablets, commonly known as ecstasy. Experts warn that without drug testing services, users may unknowingly consume dangerous substances.

newsPremiumWarning of overdose spike in one state

Doctors have warned authorities in one state of a likely spike in overdoses as a deadly opioid stronger than fentanyl continues to surface and testing facilities are closed.

Andrew Hedgman

Education Minister Sabine Winton has intervened to overturn a ban on WA public schools using bikes or tricycles without chain guards..

EducationCommentsPremiumMinister overrules WA school bicycle ban

Education Minister Sabine Winton has intervened to overturn a ban on WA public schools using bikes or tricycles without chain guards.

Bethany Hiatt