Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek says there is no emergency in schooling despite NAPLAN results showing Queensland students are trailing their interstate peers.
One in ten Queensland children are struggling to stay at school while looking after their own parents and siblings with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
Parents whose children are enrolled at the state’s top private schools have been forced to swallow annual fee increases of double or triple the inflation rate.
Tough new laws cracking down on the creators of deepfake nudes will not target youth offenders under “adult crime, adult time” legislation, despite expert warnings the content was often made by school students.
A South East Queensland mother has quit her job so she can escort her son to class and protect him from shocking “gang related” bullying she claims he and other children have experienced.
Queensland families are forking out thousands of dollars on enrolment and levy fees for campus development and maintenance on top of paying higher-than-ever annual fees.
Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek has hit back at Queensland teachers, saying strike action would make “no difference” leading up to arbitration at the end of December.
Families are increasingly pulling their children out of state schools and turning to homeschooling amid heartbreaking stories including a child being labelled dumb by their own teacher.
An all-girls institution has topped the list for Queensland in News Corp’s list of Australia’s Top 100 Private Schools with the principal labelling it an “incredible honour” for female education.
Urgent action to hold social media giants accountable for damage to youth mental health and better anti-bullying policies in schools are needed to prevent more Queensland children being lost to suicide, advocates and experts have warned.
