23 h. ago ‘Diabolically bad’: When parents’ school WhatsApp groups turn toxic

Gossip and bullying pile-ons are turning parents’ WhatsApp groups into a battleground, and schools are being urged to fight back.

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4 d. ago Schools urged to fight back against bickering, online harassment and toxic gossip in parents’ WhatsApp groups

Parents’ WhatsApp chat groups have become so “diabolically bad” for schools that experts are urging educators to fight back through the courts and the teachers’ union is calling for state government intervention.

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7 d. ago ‘A school for the community’: Here, parents learn alongside their kids

Only a few years ago, parents didn’t feel comfortable walking into this inner-north school. Now some stay for the whole day.

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7 d. ago Helicopter parents have become WhatsApp warriors. Schools are in the crossfire

The source of truth about school business was once the printed newsletter, or parent-teacher night. Now, there’s the parent WhatsApp chat.

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7 d. ago Parents should heed social media warnings given to their kids

Eastern suburbs private school Cranbrook had to write to parents last week to shut down rumours spread on WhatsApp.

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2 w. ago ‘They can’t even tie their shoe laces’: How young is too young for a school laptop?

Frustrated parents are pushing back against school technology policies that can ask students as young as six to bring devices to class each day.

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2 w. ago ‘They can’t even tie their shoelaces’: How young is too young for a school laptop?

Frustrated parents are pushing back against school technology policies that can ask students as young as six to bring devices to class each day.

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2 w. ago ‘They can’t tie shoelaces’: How young is too young for a school laptop?

Frustrated parents are pushing back against school technology policies that can ask students as young as six to bring devices to class each day.

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2 w. ago Brisbane primary school to close to make way for high school students

Parents of the 73 students have been told their school will be shutting down after next year’s classes to allow for construction of a new high school.

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2 w. ago Detaining school parents is a bit much, but banning them makes sense

Teachers are fleeing the classroom, and monstrous parents are often to blame.

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2 w. ago British parents arrested after complaining about daughter’s school on WhatsApp

Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine were reportedly detained by six officers in front of their three-year-old daughter after posting in a parent group chat.

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3 w. ago Young travellers warned of methanol poisoning in safety campaign

Young people, including school leavers, and their parents are the focus of a new travel campaign.

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4 w. ago Ordered on an app, packed in a brown paper bag: A school’s secret to a $6 canteen lunch

This rare parent-run canteen is so old-school that students get something with their lunch that money can’t buy: a note from their mum.

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