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When it comes to our kids' education, we can't simply blame teachers
Day-to-day schooling is a three-way street: there's the student, the school and teacher, and there are also parents.
Teacher promises to get tattoo of students' names if they do this one thing
Making good on your promises is part of the deal when you become a teacher; letting down your students just isn't an option.
Most children are driven to school. It shouldn't have to be this way
My son's school is 5.2 kilometres from home. It shouldn't be this hard to get him there.
Surviving the first week of high school
As a former high school teacher, year coordinator and counsellor, as well as a mother of four sons and an aunty to many, I have witnessed the transition from primary to high school heaps of times.
Families hit with rising BYOD school technology costs
With students starting a new school year, many parents are once again feeling the pain of education costs with an increased focus on technology in the classroom.
How to pick the right phone for your child
Your child is starting high school this year and will be making their own way home, so you're considering getting them their first smartphone. Or perhaps their friends have one and they've been begging you to join the club all summer.
How a Sydney teenager got inside the space shuttle
Girls from several schools around Australia have returned from NASA encouraged to pursue their passions in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
'It was very laid back': How Chloe's school quadrupled the number of uni entrants in four years
Belinda Wall knows how to turn around a struggling school. When she became principal of Woonona High School in 2011, just 15 per cent of the HSC students went on to study at university.
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Lawyer translates Instagram terms into plain English
It's no secret that teenagers love social media, but how much do they understand what they've agreed to give up when they start an account?
Don't worry kids, your Year 12 results don't have to determine your future
It's that time of year again, when year 12 results come out. As usual there's a lot of talk of of defining moments. Of deciding your fate. Of doors opening or slamming in your face, depending on the outcome.
How to stop your teenager doing too little, or too much, these holidays
How to stop your teenager doing too little — or too much — these holidays
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