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Student screen time capped to as little as 15 minutes in NSW as test results fall
5+ hour, 59+ min ago (458+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:46am School students will be limited to as little as 15 minutes of screen time per day in NSW classrooms as the Minns government seeks to arrest the alarming drop in Australia’s global reading and writing standards. The new policy, announced…...
NSW to introduce school screen limits amid poor results
6+ hour, 25+ min ago (37+ words) The NSW government will introduce daily screen time limits across public schools following poor education results. September 13, 2026 — 10:20am...
‘Cheating jackets’, button cameras, rice-sized earpieces: Is this the end of uni exams?
11+ hour, 46+ min ago (729+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am The syndicates charge between $2000 and $5000 a subject, have local strongholds across Sydney and are turning to increasingly brazen tactics to funnel students into their schemes. In the lead-up to exams, students collect gear – a “cheating jacket” that features parts…...
‘Come and have another go’: The private schools offering second-chance scholarships
11+ hour, 46+ min ago (818+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:00am The mark level crossing supervisor Terry Bux left on the St Michael’s Grammar community after he died unexpectedly is both big and small. There is a tiny indent in the concrete render of the school’s front fence in St…...
How do you pick a ‘human’ lecture from an AI one?
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (41+ words) The Age Universities are experimenting with AI avatars delivering lectures. Students say they find it hard to spot the difference. Updated September 11, 2026 — 10:58am,first published 10:17am...
This school refuses to become an ‘ATAR factory’ but has still managed to lift results
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (762+ words) September 10, 2026 — 7:00pm Principal Emily FitzSimons is adamant Overnewton Anglican Community College is not an “ATAR factory” and vows it never will be. That’s why she believes the secondary school’s VCE improvement over the last three years is even more impressive. “We’re…...
The secret weapon Melbourne can use to ward off brain drain
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (1436+ words) The loss of entrepreneurs to larger markets worries industry leaders, but some experts are choosing to advance their careers in the city’s growing start-up sector instead of the Silicon Valley or other global hubs. Melbourne’s celebrated liveability is its secret…...
Classroom screen time quietly driving down Victorian student results
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (1014+ words) September 8, 2026 — 5:48pm More than a quarter of Victoria’s 15-year-olds lack the foundational maths skills needed for further education or work and one in five is falling short in reading as Australia records its worst results in both subjects since international testing…...
Schools that Excel 2026: The five-minute morning ritual transforming Sandringham College’s VCE results
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (794+ words) September 8, 2026 — 7:30pm Every morning at Sandringham College is hushed. Students walk silently into their classrooms, and for the first five minutes of the school day, there’s no chatting or passing of notes. The students are not staring at a board or…...
Australian students’ reading and maths results plunge in global rankings
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (1040+ words) September 8, 2026 — 5:30pm Australian high school students have recorded their worst maths and reading results in international tests, and 15-year-olds are now two and a half years behind teenagers who went to school at the turn of the millennium. Programme for International…...