Nicole Precel

When it comes to sex education, teachers and students need answers At a school in Melbourne’s inner north, Vanessa Hamilton asks 13 primary school teachers where their students are learning about sex. From a large table in the staff room, they call out an... See more

Victorian public schools suspend about 150 students a day About 150 students are suspended each school day in Victoria as experts urge principals to be brave enough to tackle problems differently. New data, obtained by The Age through freedom-of-informati... See more

‘Could have been catastrophic’: Children at risk of 12-storey plunge from high-rise childcare centre Children at a high-rise childcare centre in the inner city were at risk of falling from a 12-storey roof edge, the official regulator has found. The St Ki... See more

Hundreds of schools to roll out year 1 maths checks next term More than 400 Victorian primary schools will roll out a new year 1 numeracy checks next term as the state expands its screening programs designed to identify students at risk of falling behind ... See more

‘Genuinely frightened’: Jewish students targeted with slurs during interschool sport As a 14-year-old student was getting ready to compete at an interschool swimming carnival for his Jewish school, he saw a student from another private school perform a Na... See more