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Alex Crowe

Alex Crowe

Alex Crowe is an education reporter for The Age.

Thornbury mother Emily Hehir with her three children: Eden Barber, 7, Jonas Barber, 5, and Leila Barber, 3.

Think the petrol crisis is bad now? A million kids are about to return to school

Demand for petrol and diesel is about to soar as hundreds of thousands of daily school runs resume from Monday.

  • Noel Towell, Jackson Graham, Bridie Smith and Alex Crowe

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McKinnon Secondary College principal Michael Kan, school captains Amelie and Jake and assistant principal Kellie Felmingham.

The Victorian schools where enrolments are booming

Enrolments have more than doubled at some schools over recent years and many others have also experienced rapid growth.

  • Alex Crowe
New parking restrictions on Willoby avenue in Glen Iris outside Caulfield Grammar school have not fixed the problem of congestion.

School parking stoush at Caulfield Grammar reignites as new rules floated

Efforts to ease pick-up and drop-off traffic around the Glen Iris private school appear to have failed, with parents and locals at loggerheads again.

  • Alex Crowe
The University of Melbourne has listed for sale a four-bedroom Parkville mansion.

Melbourne Uni lists $8 million Parkville mansion for sale

The sale of the opulent home comes as the university has recorded $273 million in revenue growth.

  • Alex Crowe
McClelland College in Frankston.

Suspended Frankston teacher charged with child sex offences

McClelland College parents have been told a former science teacher at the public high school is facing criminal charges.

  • Alex Crowe and Noel Towell
Box Hill Senior Secondary College principal Warren Dawson with the school’s student leaders.

The private and public schools with the biggest boost in VCE performance

Box Hill Senior Secondary College overcame a period of turmoil to top the list of Victoria’s most improved schools for VCE results. See the top 25 list by school sector.

  • Alex Crowe
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Revealed: Melbourne’s top high schools

There’s one corner of the city that is home to nearly all the best public schools. Search our interactive.

  • Alex Crowe
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Where to find Melbourne’s best schools

Almost all of Melbourne’s best public schools are in the same area.

  • Alex Crowe and The Visual Stories Team
Dutton Albanese composite index.

Federal election 2025 as it happened: Dutton faces inflation rate gotcha; Welcome to Country debate dominates campaign

Follow live as we bring you all the news from the final week of the election campaign.

  • Nick Newling, Olivia Ireland and Alex Crowe

Pro-Palestine group sends teachers classroom guide challenging ‘Anzac mythology’

Teachers for Palestine want schoolchildren taught about Australian soldiers acting as “enforcers of Empire” in post-WWI Egypt.

  • Alex Crowe and Noel Towell