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Best of The Age’s education coverage
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From perfect scores and high achievers to school scandals and students’ struggles, these are the best education stories from The Age.
25 stories
The young couple who got perfect scores at a school that doesn’t believe in marks
Stella Holmes à Court and Manny Anasson were among more than 800 Victorian students who got their International Baccalaureate results.
- December 19, 2024
- by Cassandra Morgan
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Six years ago, this was ‘Australia’s worst school’. Here’s how it turned around
Teachers were being physically assaulted by students when A Current Affair aired its notorious story. Here’s what happened since.
- March 15, 2025
- by Nicole Precel
Melbourne’s wealthiest schools raise fees well above inflation
A year 12 student will cost parents $42,831 on average in Victoria’s top-fee-paying schools next year.
- January 5, 2025
- by Alex Crowe
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University of Melbourne ordered to reinstate academic sacked for sexual harassment
A Melbourne academic sacked for sexually harassing a female colleague was described as a “disaster waiting to happen” because he romanticised relationships.
- January 12, 2025
- by Caroline Schelle
Carey Grammar teacher’s 35,000 messages to student before romantic pursuit
A Carey Grammar School teacher began a romantic relationship with one of her former students after they graduated from the school in 2020.
- March 24, 2025
- by Caroline Schelle
Troubled history remains, but Deakin University will not change its name
The university will keep its name despite concerns from some students and faculty about the legacy of Australia’s second prime minister, Alfred Deakin.
- January 19, 2025
- by Caroline Schelle
Car, two trains and a bus: Schoolgirl’s gruelling 15-hour weekly commute to class
Many families in Melbourne’s west place a high premium on their children’s education. For some students, that can mean a daily trek to the other side of town.
- Today, 5.00am
- by Bridie Smith
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The exclusive schools where high-earning parents send their children
Victoria’s top-earning parents are sending their kids to some of the most exclusive and expensive schools in the state, data shows. See the list.
- August 3, 2025
- by Caroline Schelle
‘Training at insane levels’: Inside the brutal, elite world of private school rowing
The death of a year 12 Melbourne Grammar student rower this week has raised questions about the intensity of training demands at some prestigious private schools.
- February 22, 2025
- by Alex Crowe and Bridie Smith
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Teachers exploiting loophole to work in classrooms without minimum qualifications
A West Australian decision to lower its teaching qualification standard and mutual recognition agreements is allowing unqualified teachers to work in Victorian and NSW classrooms.
- July 7, 2025
- by Grant McArthur and Kieran Rooney
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Low-fee private schools are booming in these Melbourne suburbs
Private school enrolments grew at three times the rate of those at state and Catholic schools over the last year.
- August 13, 2025
- by Caroline Schelle
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My daughter’s school is a CBD office building. Most kids don’t get outside all day
This “campus” is actually the 6th and 7th floor of an office building in Lonsdale Street, and has no open-air spaces, no canteen, no windows that open. The nearest safe outdoor space is three blocks away. It’s absurd.
- March 28, 2025
- by Nick Feik
The university degrees most likely to land graduates a job
Not all undergraduate degrees are equal when it comes to finding work after university.
- September 10, 2024
- by Bridie Smith
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Milla was due to win a basketball award this weekend. She never made it home from school
Christian College Geelong student Milla Killeen is being remembered as a “beautiful soul”.
- August 28, 2025
- by Noel Towell, Caroline Schelle, Bridie Smith and Gemma Grant
No guarantees, no refunds: The cost to get on top private school waiting lists
It now costs at least $200 just to get on the waiting list for many of Victoria’s most expensive private schools – though one of the most sought-after has dropped its price.
- October 14, 2024
- by Caroline Schelle
Melbourne Uni professor sacked over ‘mawkish’ romantic messages wins his job back
Professor Stephan Matthai was dismissed for inappropriate behaviour towards a female PhD student seven years earlier.
- July 12, 2025
- by Nicole Precel
Annie was 17 when she slept on a park bench. All she cared about was school the next day
School was tough the day after Annie Leutenmayr slept on a park bench in Melbourne’s CBD. But the 17-year-old wasn’t going to miss it.
- June 1, 2025
- by Nicole Precel
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These parents say their crumbling state school isn’t being fixed because of who they vote for
Long-running maintenance issues at the 150-year-old Brighton Primary School came to a head when the floors of classrooms and a bathroom were eaten by termites.
- June 23, 2025
- by Noel Towell and Gemma Grant
Copy, paste: What we know about the VCE exam fiasco
Thousands of VCE students could have taken their exams with a hidden advantage over their peers, after some questions were accidentally revealed online in advance.
- November 14, 2024
- by Bridie Smith, Caroline Schelle and Alex Crowe
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Anti-vax parents share tips online on how to flout no jab, no play childcare laws
Experts have raised the alarm about anti-vaccine networks sharing tactics for skirting Victoria’s no jab, no play laws, while immunisation rates among children continue to decline.
- February 20, 2025
- by Nicole Precel and Henrietta Cook
‘Damn, is this my kid?’: The unique snow campus that costs a lot less than Timbertop
The prestigious Timbertop program costs $22,125 a term. At this alpine campus, parents pay $800.
- July 26, 2025
- by Nicole Precel
‘It was a very brutal five years’: A private school scandal decades in the making
Mistreatment by seniors at Ballarat Grammar dating back decades has come to light as the school grapples with a punishment culture not confined to just one prestigious boarding school.
- March 1, 2025
- by Noel Towell and Caroline Schelle
How ‘Australia’s worst school’ transformed after public low point
Two determined principals dramatically turned around the culture of a school where student and educators’ physical and mental health, plus academic records, had been plummeting.
- April 16, 2025
- by Nicole Precel
The tiny Victorian schools where every voice is heard and excursions fit in a car
Some Victorian parents worry about bulging class sizes, but that’s not an issue at these schools.
- June 7, 2025
- by Nicole Precel
This boys’ school is known for its AFL draft successes. Now it’s taking on dance
This boys’ school, known for being a feeder to the AFL draft, has added dance to its repertoire. And the results are starting to show.
- August 26, 2025
- by Bridie Smith
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