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Bad educationCommentsPremiumTeachers still on stress leave after violent SMYL brawl

Two teachers who tried to stop students from punching tradesmen and smashing up their ute at SMYL Community College are still on stress leave more than a week after the violent mob attack.

Bethany Hiatt

Global leaderPremiumCurtin second-best in world for mining education

The university has cemented its position as a leader in mineral and mining engineering education, again ranking second in an annual compilation of the world’s best universities.

Daniel Newell

Shock revelationsCommentsPremiumViolence ‘every day’ at tradie attack school

Another teacher from Rockingham’s SMYL school has spoken out about ‘daily’ instances of violence — leading the college’s head to promise that ‘staff safety’ is at the heart of their operation.

Charlotte Elton

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Growing problemCommentsPremium
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Why schools for troubled kids are booming

WA has seen rapid growth in the type of school that accommodates students who have been kicked out of public schools where staff live in fear and violent attacks are ‘the tip of the iceberg’.

Bethany Hiatt & Rhianna Mitchell

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The West Australian exclusive
RINGING IN THE FUTURECommentsPremium
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Elite school offers Year 12s pricey class rings

Some of WA’s top schools are adopting the American tradition of offering their students ‘class rings’ when they graduate Year 12, as a memento of their high school years — and some cost thousands.

Bethany Hiatt

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Undervalued angelsCommentsPremium
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We must take better care of our childcare workers

Overwhelming evidence points to the value of early learning, both to the developing brains of babies and young children and the economy. But what value do we place on the educators themselves?

Rhianna Mitchell

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Teens defendedPremiumCollege head: Rockingham teen thugs ‘are broken babies’

The head of a Rockingham school where two tradesmen were attacked by students in a violent mob attack says the teenagers involved are highly traumatised “broken babies”.

Jake Dietsch and Bethany Hiatt

Shock allegationsPremiumFormer teacher accused of sexually abusing ex-students

A former South Thornlie Primary School teacher allegedly told one of his victims after he digitally raped her that he ‘could do whatever’ he wanted and that he ‘could get away with it’, a court heard.

Emily Moulton

PM BriefingThis afternoon’s top stories from The West

McGowan and Kirkup to face-off after the Liberal leader waved the State election white flag, Perth students behaving badly after tradie attack and Facebook ‘re-friends’ Australian news.

‘Petrified’PremiumStaff at tradie attack school ‘fear for their lives’

Teachers working at a school where students attacked two tradesmen say they are ‘scared for their lives’ every day and are ‘petrified’ to go to work.

Bethany Hiatt

Arylene Westlake-JenningsCommentsPremiumWhy wouldn’t you want to toilet-train your kids?

I have a question for the parents who don’t toilet-train their kids by the time they’re in kindy: why wouldn’t you?

Arylene Westlake-Jennings

‘Let’s smash his car’VideoPremiumStudents viciously attack tradies at Rockingham school

Shocking footage has emerged of an attack on two tradesmen by a bunch of out-of-control students at SMYL Community College — with one stomping on and shattering a ute windscreen. WATCH HERE.

Bethany Hiatt and Kate Ryan

AM briefingCommentsThis morning’s top stories on the West Australian

A man fights for life after a train is derailed by an iron ore truck, Scott Morrison has been urged to consider psychometric testing for parliamentary staff and a girl who bit a cop avoids jail.

Reading boostCommentsPremiumLabor hints at Year 1 phonics test

WA election 2021: Education Minister Sue Ellery has left the door open to introducing a compulsory Year 1 phonics test

Bethany Hiatt

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‘Crippling’ crisisCommentsPremium
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Desperate plea to stop kids missing out on childcare

The childcare industry is calling on WA’s major parties to commit to a raft of measures to address staff shortages and other issues, including “the unchecked saturation of early learning services”.

Rhianna Mitchell

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Phonics debateCommentsPremium
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Reading is essential for a good, productive life

The ability to read is essential to a young person’s ability to getting a good job after school. But employers are reporting some applicants are only barely literate. This isn’t good enough.

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The West Australian exclusive
Literacy on the lineCommentsPremium
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WA business leaders call to fix WA kids’ reading

Influential business leaders are calling for a compulsory phonics screening test for all Year 1 students in WA to help prevent barely literate graduates becoming a ‘drag on the economy’.

Bethany Hiatt

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‘heartbreaking’CommentsPremium
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WA teachers say Year 1 students ‘not toilet trained’

West Australian teachers have reported a disturbing rise in the number of children — some primary school aged — who are attending school in nappies because they are not yet toilet trained.

Bethany Hiatt

EducationNSW teachers need urgent pay rise: review

NSW teachers need a 15 per cent pay rise over two years according to a 12-month review, and the report author says the profession is facing a crisis.

Liv Casben

EducationVic students rejoice at classroom return

Hundreds of thousands of Victorian students have returned to classrooms after the state's five-day lockdown forced a brief relapse to remote learning.

Callum Godde

EducationHundreds of TAFE NSW jobs to be slashed

Almost 700 TAFE NSW jobs will be cut across the state, with 10 per cent of education support jobs to go in two major restructures.

Tiffanie Turnbull

Ripples and WavesCommentsPremium‘Brush with death’ inspires PLC leadership program

A near-death experience helped sow the seeds of a new leadership program at Presbyterian Ladies’ College aimed at pushing teenagers out of their comfort zones.

Bethany Hiatt

EducationEducation union calls for more TAFE funds

The Australian Education Union says TAFE should be central to the nation's economic recovery from coronavirus as it helps people retrain and gain employment.

Rebecca Gredley

5 things you didn’t know about the International School of Western Australia

How alternative learning environments helped shape these open and internationally minded individuals.

International School of Western Australia

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