SMH schools summit
- Opinion
- AI
Allow students to use this ‘sneaky drug’, just not at assessment time
We should welcome AI into all aspects of learning, but we’re already playing catch-up when it comes to restricting it from all forms of assessment.
- Ed Cavanough
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‘Bit of an image problem’: The early maths plan for Australia’s primary schools
A third of Australian students in year 3 had failed to reach numeracy standards, but the SMH School Summit has heard ideas about fixing it.
- Emily Kowal and Christopher Harris
SMH Schools Summit 2026 as it happened: Prue Car, Sydney university academics, principals speak at annual conference
The state’s top education leaders, principals, and teachers are gathered at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth for an annual summit.
- Cindy Yin and David Barwell
- Opinion
- Education
Inspiring students to excel is an idea worth pursuing
The state government is promising to offer more choices for gifted students beyond selective schools.
- The Herald's View
- Analysis
- Science
What the evidence says about sending your kids to single-sex v co-ed schools
This debate is as old as schooling itself: should boys and girls really be going to different schools?
- Liam Mannix
SMH Schools Summit 2025 as it happened: Prue Car speaks after funding deal, selective schools in the spotlight
Sydney’s education thought leaders have gathered at ICC Sydney for The Sydney Morning Herald School Summit.
- Nick Newling
- Editorial
- For subscribers
NSW education shows some improvement but must apply itself more
NSW has carried an unenviable reputation for a public education system hit by falling standards, teacher flight and cancelled classes but Minister for Education and Early Learning Prue Car told a school summit those days were receding with recent reforms.
- The Herald's View
SMH Schools Summit 2024 as it happened: Prue Car, Jason Clare speak; co-education on agenda
Coeducation, funding and creating schools of the future: follow our live coverage of the Sydney Morning Herald Schools Summit.
- Anthony Segaert
Every school in NSW to offer gifted education programs
High potential and gifted education is available in only half the state’s schools, but Education Minister Prue Car plans to change that.
- Daniella White and Lucy Carroll
Top Sydney principal criticises ‘odd’ teacher salary plan
The SCEGGS Darlinghurst principal criticised plans to reward 10 per cent of state school teachers with a $150,000 salary, revealing her own staff’s pay.
- Mary Ward