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Private over publicCommentsPremium
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Why WA’s private schools are having an enrolment boom

New enrolments at WA private schools have increased at twice the rate as those in public schools in the past 12 months. Here are the factors driving the growth, according to education chiefs.

Bethany Hiatt

economic impactPremiumWA unis want uniform approach on foreign students

The State’s universities want to see a uniform approach for the return of international students, amid concerns WA will face a significant economic loss if it trails behind the national guidelines.

Kate Purnell

EducationTemporary teachers common in NSW schools

One-in-five teachers in NSW public schools are employed on temporary contracts, with some feeling frustrated because they have no job security.

Liv Casben

Cheat sitesCommentsPremiumUWA students admit ‘cheating’ amid amnesty offer

Just 150 students at WA’s top university have admitted sharing their work on cheat sites in response to an amnesty offer.

Bethany Hiatt

Preschool providersCommentsPremiumRadical plan to shake-up WA kindy care

A radical overhaul of Federal funding for early learning means WA parents would have the freedom to access free preschool through the provider of their choice.

Josh Zimmerman & Sarah Ison

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Students ‘shocked’Premium
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Woman teacher storms boys’ change room over ‘misogyny’

A female teacher who burst into a male change room and accused Year 10 and 11 boys at a Perth high school of ‘misogynistic’ behaviour because they were being noisy has been rebuked.

Bethany Hiatt

Doors openedUWA tour inspires Albany students

Indigenous students from across the State on a five-day trip to Perth for a leadership program at UWA aimed to encourage them to pursue tertiary education.

Kellie Balaam

Students inspiredIndigenous students encouraged to ‘be the best we can’

A Narrogin Year 12 student was lucky enough to be part of a five-day-trip to Perth where a leadership program at UWA aimed to inspire students to pursue tertiary education.

Kellie Balaam

‘Massive mistake’PremiumParents fume as drug-using boarders allowed to return

Two boys who were kicked out of the boarding house at Cunderdin College of Agriculture for drug use have been allowed back in. But some parents are furious over the decision.

Bethany Hiatt & Cally Dupe

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opinion
EditorialPremium
opinion
Rioli’s latest stuff-up a disappointment to football

There has been a huge store of goodwill towards Rioli. We remain hopeful he had finally learnt his lesson.

Our future leadersCommentsPremiumFederal Budget’s focus on child care and early learning

A total of $2 billion is to be pumped into preschool in a bid to boost early education attendance rates.

Annabel Hennessy and Briana Fiore

EducationEducation next target of China trade war

Experts are warning the Australian government the country's education sector - worth $10 billion annually - could be the next victim of China's trade war.

Tiffanie Turnbull

EducationGenerations benefit from Aboriginal kinder

Melbourne's Yappera kindergarten has been operating for 40 years, and its classes are full to capacity with children learning about their indigenous culture.

Liz Hobday

EducationSearch for shark tag orbiting uni campus

Shark researchers are on the hunt for a valuable shark tag, believed to have been plucked from a Wollongong beach by a university student.

Tiffanie Turnbull

‘Learning for tomorrow’CommentsPremiumCurtin University students refuse online lecture move

Students at Curtin University have rejected plans to abandon face-to-face lectures and shift them online permanently.

Bethany Hiatt

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‘Education reimagined’CommentsPremium
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No classrooms, timetables or bells for new Freo school

Students at The Studio School will decide for themselves what they want to learn and how they want to do it, with support from mentors.

Bethany Hiatt

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‘Pathetic’CommentsPremium
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Dad of 4yo left trapped on hot bus blasts daycare fine

The father of a four-year-old boy who was left trapped on a child care centre bus alone in sweltering heat has slammed the fine imposed on the company as ‘pathetic’.

Daryna Zadvirna

EducationViolent Vic parents to face schools ban

A new law being introduced to Victoria's parliament could give principals the power to ban violent or aggressive parents from school grounds.

Benita Kolovos

GALLERYCamera IconPremiumYear 12 artists explore climate change and FIFO stress

Visitors to the Art Gallery of WA will get a hint of what occupies the minds of the State’s budding visual artists as part of the Pulse Perspectives exhibition next week.

Kate Emery

Special reportCommentsPremiumWA sailing legend leading fight against micro-plastics

Jon Sanders will tell you he’s just an ordinary bloke but in actual fact he is anything but ordinary — the world-renowned sailor is leading the fight against the scourge of micro-plastics.

Alexandra Casey

Bold moveCommentsPremiumMurdoch rebrands itself with ‘futuristic’ new logo

Murdoch University is dumping its banksia logo for a slick corporate design, with Chancellor Gary Smith saying the move was part of a plan to ‘focus on attracting students with the right image of us’.

Bethany Hiatt

‘Discredited methods’CommentsPremiumConcerns for kids’ reading in curriculum shake-up

Educators say proposed changes to the national curriculum do not go far enough, with the review missing a chance to toss out use of ‘discredited’ methods to teach kids to read.

Bethany Hiatt

Curriculum shake upCommentsPremiumSchool sex education to have big focus on consent

School sex education lessons will have a much stronger focus on consent and respect in a streamlined national curriculum to be taught from next year.

Bethany Hiatt

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commemoration misfireCommentsPremium
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School axed Anzac Day plans for pupils to carry rifles

A primary school in the Perth Hills ditched plans for students to carry ‘deactivated’ guns as props in their Anzac Day ceremony after parents complained, The West can reveal.

Bethany Hiatt