Education
Maths gap between Australian boys and girls among worst in world
Boys now eclipse girls at both primary and high school in the latest international maths and science tests. See how Australia ranks.
- by Lucy Carroll and Christopher Harris
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Search your school’s results using our 2024 NAPLAN interactive guide
Search The Age’s interactive guide for the complete set of NAPLAN results from every Victorian school.
- by Noel Towell, Caroline Schelle and Alex Crowe
How the state’s top-performing schools fared in NAPLAN 2024
Senior students at Victoria’s best state schools outshone their private school peers in this year’s NAPLAN tests.
- by Noel Towell and Alex Crowe
The state’s high-achieving NAPLAN schools for 2024 revealed
The national curriculum authority has identified NSW schools achieving above-average results compared with students of similar backgrounds.
- by Christopher Harris and Lucy Carroll
WA’s NAPLAN high achievers for 2024 revealed
The students at high-achieving schools showed above-average literacy and numeracy results when compared with pupils of similar socio-educational backgrounds.
- by Holly Thompson
Victoria’s NAPLAN high achievers for 2024 revealed
Two of the state’s top-performing schools – one public, one private – share the keys to their success.
- by Alex Crowe
The best value Brisbane private schools based on this year’s NAPLAN results
The standouts among schools with annual fees less than $15,000 were either co-ed or girls’ schools – with no boys’ schools among the top performers.
- by Felicity Caldwell
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University
The abortion speech, the student walkout – and the Catholic civil war
A row over an anti-abortion graduation speech prompted high-ranking church officials and conservative lawyers to accuse the Australian Catholic University of failing to uphold the faith.
- by Jordan Baker
Colleges shut, thousands of students lose qualifications in fake diploma crackdown
About 17,000 students across the country have been told their qualifications will be torn up.
- by Daniella White
Editorial
Education
HSC disability provisions scheme warrants review
The HSC disability provisions scheme seems to be an area where attempts to create more fairness have instead achieved the opposite.
- The Herald's View
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Education
‘You’ll never get in front of it’: Hackers target schools daily
Holding families’ sensitive, personal information has become the top insurance risk for private schools in Australia, as hackers become increasingly sophisticated in their approaches.
- by Bridie Smith