Parent WhatsApp groups are renowned for becoming hotbeds of gossip and bullying.

‘Diabolically bad’:When parents’ school WhatsApp groups turn toxic

Gossip and bullying pile-ons are turning parents’ WhatsApp groups into a battleground,and schools are being urged to fight back.

  • Nicole Precel

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Principal Tony Roberts says “ground zero” is for every student to have someone who believes in them.

How ‘Australia’s worst school’ transformed after public low point

Two determined principals dramatically turned around the culture of a school where student and educators’ physical and mental health,plus academic records,had been plummeting.

  • Nicole Precel
Mulubirhan Worku with her three girls Sifan,7,Zeynab,9,and Hayat,5,at Debney Meadows Primary School,Flemington.

‘A school for the community’:Here,parents learn alongside their kids

Only a few years ago,parents didn’t feel comfortable walking into this inner-north school. Now some stay for the whole day.

  • Nicole Precel
St Kilda mother Madeline Silins and her daughter Myka.

Free kinders charging parents for spots on waiting lists

Kindergartens are charging families up to $100 to go on waiting lists,as parents clamour to get into sought-after early learning spaces.

  • Nicole Precel
Bijay Sapkota,a former international student is an advocate for international students coming to Australia.

Coalition vows $5000 visa fee for international students at sandstone universities

Peter Dutton’s plan to increase international student visa fees would cement Australia’s application costs as the most expensive in the world.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos andNicole Precel
Rumaysa was a student last year who experienced racism while at both primary and secondary school.

Rumaysa endured racism at school for years,and says indifference is fuelling its rise

Reports of racism in Victoria’s schools are surging as the Education Department receives at least one complaint every school day – a 28 per cent increase in 12 months.

  • Nicole Precel
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Nicole Ferraris poses and her son Sascha know the disruption of a childcare centre closing down.

Families brace for more childcare centre collapses

Melbourne’s wealthier suburbs,where supply outstrips demand,are most at risk of centre closures,experts say.

  • Noel Towell andNicole Precel
Principal Tony Roberts says ‘ground zero’ is for every student at school to have someone who believes in them.

Six years ago,this was ‘Australia’s worst school’. Here’s how it turned around

Teachers were being physically assaulted by students when A Current Affair aired its notorious story. Here’s what happened since.

  • Nicole Precel
Alex Garde and Toby Jedwab,went to Sunnyside Kindergarten,in Malvern East,they sat next to each other in their kinder photo and went on to get married and have two kids. Sunnyside is celebrating its 80th anniversary.

From sandpits to soulmates:The love story of kindergarten sweethearts

He asked her to marry him over pizza Shapes. She said yes.

  • Nicole Precel
Samantha’s kids were in a Genius childcare,they’ve just pulled their kids out because it is not opening as the management aren’t paying staff.

‘Crumbling’ childcare chain leaves parents in the lurch,staff unpaid

Creditors are circling national chain Genius Childcare as educators refuse to show up and parents are left stranded without care.

  • Nicole Precel andNoel Towell