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UPDATEDPremiumMan shot dead by cops near private school

Chaos has unfolded outside a private school on the Gold Coast, leaving one man dead and two others injured.

Rhiannon Lewin

Isobel McNab, 8, has won the Scout of the Year award for her work with Dolly's Dream in her school.

Speaking upPremiumDonnybrook primary school student named Scout of the Year

An eight-year-old girl from Donnybrook has been recognised for her dedication to ending bullying in her school community.

Sofia Fimognari

Eliza Zaknich 6, Dr Amelia Harray and Samuel Zaknich, 8, eating breakfast.

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Skipping breakfast linked to poor NAPLAN results

Kids who skip breakfast are more likely to have poorer NAPLAN results than their breakfast-loving counterparts, new research has found. 

Hannah Cross

Ian Maraei started his new position as Katanning Senior High School principal on February 5.

STAR SCHOOL LEADERSHIPPremiumKatanning senior school to transform with new leadership

A known driving force for positive transformational leadership across regional schools has been appointed to take the helm at Katanning Senior High School for the 2025 school year.

Hannah Whitehead

Speed limits have already been reduced in suburbs including Collingwood and Fitzroy. NewsWire / David Crosling

NewsPremiumState’s huge plan to slash speed limits

Speed limits in residential streets could be slashed to a crawling 30km/h under sweeping new proposals suggested by the state’s infrastructure advisory body.

Alexandra Feiam

Nationwide, about 100,000 - or one in six - kids in the age group are not in preschool or school. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumHousing, health and complexity hold back early learning

Early learning advocates, service providers and children advocate peak bodies say housing, health and system complexity is holding back kids from early learning

Luke Costin

NSW public schools will benefit from $4.8bn in funding over the next 10 years, which could see them fully funded under a new agreement reached by the federal and state governments. NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

NewsPremiumLatest state signs $4.8bn schools deal

NSW public schools are set to benefit from $4.8bn in funding after the state and federal governments reached a new agreement.

Emma Kirk

Despite the war tearing their country apart, a passion for the age-old artform of circus is helping talented Ukrainian children cope with devastation and despair.

Conflict and WarPremiumUkrainian circus kids training for circus in bomb shelters

Despite the war tearing their country apart, a passion for the age-old artform of circus is helping talented Ukrainian children cope with devastation and despair.

Bethany Hiatt

Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the US.

EducationPremium‘Teacher’s Hamas praise deserving of the sack’: Ambassador

A former Israeli ambassador to the US believes a Perth teacher who praised a dead Hamas terrorist in a public school classroom should be sacked.

Bethany Hiatt

WA is experiencing a huge rise in anti-Semitic attacks, with school students facing comments including “go back to the gas chambers, you filthy Jew” from classmates.

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New measures to address anti-Semitism scourge in WA schools

WA is experiencing a huge rise in anti-Semitic attacks, with school students facing comments including ‘go back to the gas chambers, you filthy Jew’ from classmates.

Rhianna Mitchell

Braeside Primary School principal Geoffrey Noel MacNicol has had his teaching registration cancelled.

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WA primary school principal charged with child sex offences

The alleged offences occurred during the January school holidays and in the metropolitan area.

Jake Dietsch

A support officer who was forced ot work from home following a social media post in response to the stood-down Bankstown nurses has been reinstated.

NewsPremium‘Cleared’: Decision after student protest

A support officer who was forced to work from home following a social media post in response to the stood-down Bankstown nurses has been reinstated.

Alexandra Feiam

UniSC has banned men from applying for its vacancy in its engineering faculty.

The NightlyAussie uni bans men from applying for professor role

A female-dominated Australian university has decided to only accept women applicants, including transgender women, for a job teaching mechanical engineering.

Aaron Patrick

The Children's University graduates led the street march for the ECU Bunbury graduation.

Children’s UniversityPremiumECU Children’s University graduates marched in Bunbury

For the first time, graduates of Edith Cowan University’s Bunbury Children’s University marched alongside other ECU graduates last week in the iconic street procession. 

Sofia Fimognari

Bridgetown Primary School principal Judith Dadson and YouthCARE principal chaplain Malcolm Potts.

REMOTE PRINCIPALSPremiumPrincipal Chaplain program supports Warren Blackwood leaders

A Perth-based principal chaplain visited schools in the Warren Blackwood region over two days last week as part of regular check-ins for regional school leaders. 

Anjelica Smilovitis

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CourtPremiumHaunting CCTV of teen’s last few moments

CCTV played to a court shows a schoolboy crying and bleeding shortly after he was allegedly set upon by a group armed with a metal pole.

Emma Kirk

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UPDATEDLatham’s bold idea to keep kids in line

Firebrand politician Mark Latham has flagged a bold reform he says would help clamp down on unruly kids and ease the workload for stressed teachers.

Duncan Evans

Rainbow Coast Neighbourhood Centre staff with Albany MLA Rebecca Stephens and Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti (third and fourth from right).

state election 2025PremiumLabor pledges more than $230k to Albany community groups

Albany Labor candidate Rebecca Stephens has confirmed more promises for smaller Albany community groups as she campaigns to secure a second term in her seat, offering more than $230,000 in February so far.

Melissa Sheil

Student Emma Pivac from East Fremantle was keen to learn and succeed, but anxiety prevented her from continuing at her local high school.

EducationCommentsPremiumWhy stay-at-home students are becoming a class of their own

The incidence of children avoiding school is on the rise, and struggling families and schools are desperate for advice about how to handle it.

Katie Hampson

A prestigious Victorian private school has been engulfed in allegations senior boarding students “lashed” their junior peers.

NEWSPremiumShock ‘strap’ claim rocks elite school

An elite Aussie private school has launched a probe into shocking allegations junior boarding students were “strapped” by their senior peers.

Blake Antrobus

The teacher reportedly wrote in Palestinian colours the words “rest in peace I.H. you were a great leader” on a classroom board at Fremantle school John Curtin College of the Arts.

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Education department in crisis over teacher’s Hamas praise

A Jewish student who felt threatened by the teacher’s actions was moved to a different class.

Bethany Hiatt and Rhianna Mitchell

A Year 6 student has been injured after being hit by a falling tree branch at Government House in Canberra. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

NEWSPremiumSchoolgirl hit by falling branch, critical

The incident injured several students from the primary school tour group at Government House in Canberra, leaving one Year 6 girl fighting for her life.

Ria Pandey

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UpdatedMelbourne school in AI scandal: ‘Explicit’

Police are investigating allegations “sexually explicit” AI generated pictures of high school girls were circulated online.

Aisling Brennan

Narrogin Senior High School principal Sandii Stankovic and Narrogin Senior High School 2024 dux Abby Dewing at the 2025 back to school assembly at Narrogin Senior High School on February 4.

SCHOOL MILESTONEPremiumNarrogin senior students celebrate major milestones

Students at Narrogin Senior High School celebrated last year’s academic milestones with a visit from a special guest who obtained the top one per cent ATAR nationwide.

Hannah Whitehead