Christopher Harris
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Hartford College: All-boys Sydney private school to close (opens the original)
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An all-boys school which promised to be the first in Australia to deliver a classical education spanning Plato to Aristotle will close its doors just four years after opening because it failed to attract enough students. Eastern suburbs school Hartford College, in Daceyville, told parents last week the school would cease to operate at the end of this year. Its 35 students from year 5 to 10 are to be given places in nearby systemic Catholic Schools. “The decision was not reached quickly or lightl
‘Shift of terror to absolute buy-in’: Every public school child to learn an instrument (opens the original)
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Musicians, tutors and industry experts will be sent into NSW public primary school classrooms under a 10-year plan to give every child the opportunity to learn a musical instrument. Teachers will be provided support to boost their own musical skills and confidence, and students will receive 30 minutes a week of high-quality music lessons over the school year under the program called Time for Music. It comes after a NSW parliamentary inquiry heard principals prioritised NAPLAN when allocating sch
One $50,000 private school just revealed next year’s fees. Here’s how much lunch costs (opens the original)
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The country’s oldest private school will raise its baseline tuition fees past the $50,000 mark for the first time as it focuses on attracting and retaining excellent teachers. The King’s School in North Parramatta was the first of Sydney’s elite private schools to inform parents of tuition fee increases for 2027, under which parents of year 12 students will be charged $52,380, up nearly 5 per cent compared with last year. King’s Council chairman Ken Chapman told parents they were mindful of bala
Why vice chancellors may be forced to justify their pay packets (opens the original)
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The state’s universities have “swung too far towards corporatisation” at the expense of education, research and serving communities, a NSW parliamentary inquiry has found. Universities across NSW have embarked on controversial cost-cutting in the face of financial pressure, with many axing jobs, restructuring courses and spending big on external consultants. The final upper house report into NSW university governance noted power over such decisions was often concentrated in a small group of mana
The ‘troubled’ class assignment that changed Lee’s teaching career (opens the original)
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When Lee Casuscelli got her first job out of teachers college in the 1980s, she was given what might be termed a challenging first assignment at The Grange Public School in south-west Sydney. “She just got given the troubled class, I guess they called it, and no teacher really was able to do anything with these kids,” says her daughter Lauren Casuscelli. “They couldn’t really sit still at the start, they were jumping out of the windows and it was a bit chaotic.” But Lauren says her mother gave h
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