WA parents are flocking to get tutors for their kids. Why?

WA parents are flocking to get tutors for their kids. Why?

There’s something all these parents got a chance to witness firsthand in recent years,one industry veteran says.

  • byHolly Thompson

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This school’s so small its students could fit on a single bus. And it’s shrinking
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This school’s so small its students could fit on a single bus. And it’s shrinking

This Brisbane state school has a country vibe,with just 31 students. We’ve analysed enrolment data to reveal the city’s fastest growing and shrinking schools.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
‘We’re burning out’:WA teachers’ plea as student mental illness skyrockets

‘We’re burning out’:WA teachers’ plea as student mental illness skyrockets

More than 50 per cent of West Australian teachers have asked for support dealing with wellbeing and mental health issues appearing in their classrooms,a new study has found.

  • byHolly Thompson
The best and worst areas in NSW for NAPLAN revealed

The best and worst areas in NSW for NAPLAN revealed

The breakdown of NAPLAN results by state electorate shows the worst-performing areas are about seven academic school years behind the top achieving parts of the state.

  • byChristopher Harris
Meet the Allards,a family who take their kids on holiday during school
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Meet the Allards,a family who take their kids on holiday during school

An education expert says she would not be surprised if COVID did not have a radical effect on parents’ willingness to just say “stuff it,pack your bags,we’re off”.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Brisbane students skipped more than 2.6 million school days last year
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Brisbane students skipped more than 2.6 million school days last year

School absenteeism has not recovered to pre-COVID levels. Search every Brisbane state primary and high school’s attendance rates for the past three years.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
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The NAPLAN-topping school that says phonics helped get it there

The NAPLAN-topping school that says phonics helped get it there

Teaching reading using phonics,which is to be mandatory for state schools,has received strong praise from this primary school in Melbourne’s south-east.

  • byCaroline Schelle
Smaller is not necessarily better when it comes to class sizes
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Smaller is not necessarily better when it comes to class sizes

Most Brisbane classrooms aren’t ‘overcrowded’ because they don’t break targets,but what is the perfect class size?

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Is your child’s school overcrowded? Search our list of Brisbane class sizes

Is your child’s school overcrowded? Search our list of Brisbane class sizes

Some Brisbane schools are failing to keep class sizes below official targets. But one school is showing how going the extra mile can create some of the city’s happiest students.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Keith has written five books and a PhD thesis. He’s never read a single one

Keith has written five books and a PhD thesis. He’s never read a single one

The professor,who kept his reading difficulties a secret for years,supports Victoria’s move to structured phonics in classrooms.

  • byBridie Smith
The Sydney private schools with the highest-earning parents
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The Sydney private schools with the highest-earning parents

The new figures help rank schools based on parents’ income and determine how much government funding flows to each school.

  • byLucy Carroll andNigel Gladstone