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

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Glen Fearnett hoped for change after he spoke out about being abused at a Melbourne school. Victim-survivors will now be given a platform to tell their stories.

  • byBridie Smith andRachel Eddie
Teachers told to ignore Victoria’s phonics push as union lashes deputy premier

Teachers told to ignore Victoria’s phonics push as union lashes deputy premier

An outraged teachers’ union has blasted Education Minister Ben Carroll for failing to respect the profession in a fierce response to the state government’s reading mandate.

  • byBridie Smith
‘Competing with Andrew Tate’:Principal urges parents to teach respect to their kids

‘Competing with Andrew Tate’:Principal urges parents to teach respect to their kids

Schools say they can only do so much to teach students about proper online behaviour.

  • byBridie Smith
The Age Schools Summit LIVE updates:Education minister announces teaching overhaul

The Age Schools Summit LIVE updates:Education minister announces teaching overhaul

Twenty-five minutes of daily structured phonics will soon be rolled out across Victoria’s prep to grade 2 classrooms.

  • byBroede Carmody andBridie Smith
Independent Kew school to sell part of primary campus to meet new tax bill

Independent Kew school to sell part of primary campus to meet new tax bill

Preshil will sell land on its primary school campus ahead of a controversial change to state taxes set to cost the school hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  • byBridie Smith
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School bus driver had medical episode before crash,police believe

Students are devastated after much-loved driver Gary McDonald died in the crash on the way home from school.

  • byRobyn Grace,Bridie Smith andAlex Crowe
Assumption College school bus driver dies in crash north of Melbourne

Assumption College school bus driver dies in crash north of Melbourne

Passers-by used a ladder to help pull frightened children out of the school bus after it ran off the road near Kilmore.

  • byBridie Smith andAlex Crowe
‘I was thinking,like,goodbye’:Boy,11,swept into flooded stormwater drain

‘I was thinking,like,goodbye’:Boy,11,swept into flooded stormwater drain

Jake Gilbert was clinging to the grate covering the drain when - by chance - an off-duty SES volunteer and Victoria Police constable were nearby and came to pull him free.

  • byBridie Smith
Bug Lab:Giant insects and spiders from Weta Workshop invade Melbourne Museum

Bug Lab:Giant insects and spiders from Weta Workshop invade Melbourne Museum

The Bug Lab exhibition,which opens in Melbourne on June 23,shows off the skills that insects and spiders use every day,from mind control to swarm intelligence and precision flight. Even the"bugnostic"will be swayed.

  • byBridie Smith Science Editor
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Deep sea trawl finds never-seen fish,faceless fish and the shortarse feelerfish

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  • byBridie Smith andScience Editor