Nicole Precel

4 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Nicole Precel

Schools urged to fight back against bickering, online harassment and toxic gossip in parents’ WhatsApp groupsSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeParents’ WhatsApp chat groups have become so “diabolically bad” for schools that experts are urging educators to fight back through the courts and the teachers’ union is calling for state government intervention.

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Nicole Precel

She did a year-long cooking class one day a week, starting from 9.30am and finishing at 2.30pm. “The mothers, they don’t need to go home and come back, they can just pick up their kids,” she said. Carlton said the impact of the initiative had been overwhelmingly positive, especially with families re-engaging back into the school community. According to the school’s parent opinion survey, Debney Meadows had a 94 per cent positive response rate for community engagement.

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Nicole Precel

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Who says school is just for children? At Debney Meadows Primary School, parents are learning too. It’s a far cry from where the school was just a few years ago, with parents and students disengaged from the school community. Now, due to an innovative program, principal Koreena Carlton said enrolments had almost doubled.

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Nicole Precel

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Government-subsidised kindergartens are charging families up to $100 to put them on waiting lists as parents strive to get into the most sought-after early learning spaces.

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Natassia Chrysanthos |Nicole Precel

By Natassia Chrysanthos and Nicole Precel April 6, 2025 — 7.31pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Coalition’s plan to hike international student visa fees by thousands of dollars will make Australia’s application costs the most expensive in the world, renewing concern that foreign students are being used as cash cows in a political debate over immigration.