The upscale Washington private school that counts Sasha and Malia Obama among its students was hit Tuesday with a prank email advising parents that, among other things, their children would receive "a voucher that may be redeemed for their choice of contraception" at the prom this year.Washingtonian magazine broke the news of the fake message, which purported to be a missive sent from the ...

Family sues school in bullying incident

A private school in West Palm Beach is at the center of a bullying lawsuit.

Defer Gonski's funding reforms, private schools urge

FEDERAL reform of school funding is increasingly unlikely with a key private-school lobby group saying the government's new model cannot be implemented in its present form and calling for a two-year extension of the existing system.

Nick Clegg attacks the rift between state and private schools' A-level results

Private school pupils are three times as likely to earn crucial grades, new report reveals Pupils at private schools are more than three times as likely to get AAB in the key A level subjects that help candidates gain access to top universities as those in state schools, according to the first analysis of its kind released by the government. The figures have been made public by Nick Clegg as ...

Private school feels wrath of change.org

St Kilda grammar learns the hard way as bid to save the Astor becomes a PR nightmare.