Education

School actsChurchlands SHS suspends ‘train station attackers’

Principal Neil Hunt has expressed his “absolute disappointment” at the allegations in a letter to parents, announcing the students had been suspended for the maximum period permitted.

Josh Zimmerman

High school law suitUS athletes sue over transgender peers

The families of three female high school runners in the US have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block transgender athletes in Connecticut from participating in girls sports.

Pat Eaton-Robb

See the list in fullNine new childcare centres make WA’s top 50 list

EXCLUSIVE: Padbury Education and Child Care Centre is one of nine new centres to make The West Australian’s top 50 WA childcare centre list following the release of new assessment data.

Sarah Crawford

Diversifying WAEducation key card to growing our economy

WA is back in the game after squandering its early advantage in international education and betting everything on the resources dollar.

Sean Smith

The FerretHow to cheer up the miserable City of Perth council

A September survey found only 10 per cent of the City of Perth’s 527 employees would promote it as a place to work, with concerns about infighting and ‘politics’ rife. Who can save them?

‘It doesn’t make sense’Parents, students ‘horrified’ by train station attack

Parents and students of the Perth school attended by the gang allegedly responsible for Thursday’s cowardly train station bashing say they’re still questioning what could trigger such a savage attack.

Sarah Steger

How it unfolded‘Over in seconds’: The bashing that rattled our city

A man viciously set upon by a gang of Perth school students - reportedly for his shoes - was attacked just minutes after patrolling transit officers departed Stirling Train Station.

Josh Zimmerman

EducationAFL youth leader helps score centre grant

Two-time AFL premiership player Bachar Houli's youth work has a new home at the Australian Islamic Centre with an $850,000 federal grant.

Christine McGinn

ExclusiveRevealed: top school at centre of vile station bashing

The five teenagers alleged to have viciously bashed a young man at Stirling Train Station yesterday afternoon are students at a nearby high school.

Josh Zimmerman

Violent fightSeven students suspended after teachers hit in brawl

The Department of Education has confirmed seven Newman Senior High School students have been suspended after a brawl in which two teachers were struck.

Jakeb Waddell and Sam Jones

Private school abuse scandalPerth teacher denies rape accusation amid job fight

A Catholic school deputy principal is fighting to get his job back after allegations he raped a male student more than 20 years ago led to his sacking.

Bethany Hiatt

‘Cultural diversity’Premier torpedoes school’s birthday cake ban

Let WA children eat cake Premier Mark McGowan has decreed after a Perth school put a ban on students bringing birthday treats to class.

Peter de Kruijff, Josh Zimmerman and Sarah Brookes

Special series: Part fourThe impact screen time is having on modern-day students

In the fourth part of a five-part series examining the state of our school system and what we can do better, Education Editor Bethany Hiattexamines technology’s impact on the iGeneration’s education.

Bethany Hiatt

EXCLUSIVESchool bans birthday cupcakes for ‘cultural diversity’

Furious parents have slammed a Perth school for banning kids from bringing cupcakes to class on their birthday — partly in case they offend students from different cultures.

Sarah Brookes

Special series: Part ThreeAre school teachers at fault for plummeting results?

In the third part of a five-part series examining the state of our school system and what we can do better, Education Editor Bethany Hiatt looks at the vexed question of teacher training.

Bethany Hiatt

Elite school scandalPerth school warns: abuse trial details will shock you

Two former teachers at an elite Perth school — the first in WA to be accused of failing to report sexual abuse — will both go on trial in March, as witnesses at the hearing were granted anonymity.

Tim Clarke

Hair spatSchool orders boy, 5, to lose manbun

A five-year-old boy has been ordered to have a haircut, even though it’s against his culture.

Cheryl Goodenough

Skills driveWA students jumping at cut-price TAFE courses

TAFE enrolments have jumped 20 per cent for courses that had their prices slashed in half by the McGowan Government for 2020.

Josh Zimmerman

EducationLibraries save Aussie kids from 'elitism'

Australia's new Children's Laureate Ursula Dubosarsky has warned that without regular library visits, reading rates among children could decline even faster.

Caroline Riches

Special series: Part twoWhy WA’s maths curriculum just doesn’t add up

In the second part of a five-part series examining the state of our school system and what we can do better, Education Editor Bethany Hiatt asks: What is Australia’s problem with numbers?

Bethany Hiatt

ExclusiveJunk food ads targetting disadvantaged kids at school

A Cancer Council WA study on fast food advertising around WA student transport hubs has revealed children in lower-socio economic status schools face a higher volume of unhealthy ads.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Education proposalsPay rise for ‘master’ teachers in radical overhaul

Top teachers could earn up to $180k a year and tour schools across the country under a radical overhaul proposed by education experts who say Australia is failing to make use of its best educators.

Sarah Ison

Special series: Part oneOur five part investigation into WA’s education

A Baltic republic once annexed by the Soviet Union with a population smaller than Perth’s is streaking ahead of Australia in terms of education. The answer? Making schooling free.

Bethany Hiatt

Inclusive literatureKids aren’t all white, call for book diversity

Childcare centres that fail to provide books with non-white characters could be giving children “an impression that whiteness is of greater value”, research by Edith Cowan University suggests.

Peter Law