Bridie Smith

Teachers have secured a multimillion-dollar deal with the state government after initially being denied a say on how Victorian children should be taught to read.

School holiday programs are in full swing as parents turn to outside help to keep their children entertained and active. Experts say there’s nothing to feel guilty about.

A growing number of students are doing university subjects while still at secondary school. They are getting points for it, but not the bill.

Victoria’s private schools argue the state payroll tax has caused a hit to their bottom lines and is making the cost of educating students more expensive.

The state’s top-performing VCE students say hard work was behind their success, but stress that finding balance outside of study is the real game-changer.

Principals say high expectations and a drive to succeed from their students helped make their schools among the finest in the state.

Indulging in a sublime pastry while having a rubber stamp custom-made, your violin repaired and your tarot read. Welcome to the suburb named after a corrupt former premier considered ‘Bent by name, bent by nature’. It’s a rich mosaic of all things ordinary and gloriously niche.

Neurodivergent students and staff at the University of Melbourne previously “struggled in silence”. That’s changing, thanks to these three researchers.

Parents could be forced to juggle more pupil-free days as teachers, emboldened by wins interstate, look to secure more time away from class.

Some of Melbourne’s highest-profile private girls’ schools have been operating in the red, with some in deficit for multiple years as lockdowns hampered fundraising, reducing their ability to absorb a new tax.