👤 Christopher Harris

16 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
16
2026-09-17 – 2026-10-24
Claims per article
31
497 extracted in total
Hedged claims
5%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,226
characters
Writes for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Education
81%
Crime & Law
12%
Economy/Business
6%
Most-tagged topics
SydneyNSWHSCAustraliaHigher School CertificateATOAlliedAmerica

Leaning

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4 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.27 (leans left).

More from this journalist

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2026-10-10 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business
‘Cash is king’: Sydney businesses lash government over surcharge ban
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
‘Everyone can do difficult things’: The surprise Sydney school offering Latin
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
‘You have to actually think’: How to solve the hardest HSC maths problem
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
From galas to art shows: The real cost of being a private school parent
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left
2026-10-16 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
‘I haven’t seen that before’: Surprise wording in the HSC modern history exam
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Education
Fish, with a side of moral ambiguity: The toughest questions in the HSC English exam
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Meet the dad fighting for safety after Riverview student punched in daylight attack
🔮 But a month later, he realises it is unlikely he or the police will ever find the identity of the man who attacked him due to a lack of CCTV at the bus stop where he was hit. assertive
2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The ‘troubled’ class assignment that changed Lee’s teaching career
🔮 When Lee Casuscelli got her first job out of teachers college in the 1980s, she was given what might be termed a challenging first assignment at The Grange Public School in south-west Sydney. assertive
2026-10-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘It got heated’: Inside the meeting to shut down this all-boys school
🔮 An all-boys school which promised to be the first in Australia to deliver a classical education spanning Plato to Aristotle will close its doors just four years after opening because it failed to attract enough students. assertive
2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The difficult HSC subject boys are rushing to enrol in
🔮 Mathematics teacher Eddie Woo said the increase in students choosing the extension course reflected students’ growing awareness of where maths could take them in their careers, as well as the early grades of high school where teachers built up students’ capability. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Almost 1000 NSW teachers were asked if screens helped students learn. Only 53 per cent said yes
🔮 When high school leaders were asked, only 10 per cent believed students could self-regulate their use of technology when learning. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Revealed: The Sydney schools where most families earn $500,000-plus
🔮 Education Minister Jason Clare said recent funding agreements would result in $20 billion flowing into public schools in coming decade under the needs-based Gonski funding model. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Sydney Morning Herald
International student cuts risk ‘very significant hole’, universities warn
🔮 Universities Australia chief executive Luke Sheehy said curbing international students would be “extraordinarily challenging” for universities. assertive
2026-10-10 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Cash is king’: Sydney businesses lash government over surcharge ban
🔮 The Reserve Bank of Australia decided it was in the “public interest” to ban surcharges on card payments from October 1 and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it could make the cost of a cup of coffee cheaper. assertive
2026-10-10 · The Sydney Morning Herald
The cost of 13 years of private school to hit $800k
🔮 Snowballing tuition hikes mean the cost of 13 years of an independent education is set to reach $800,000 by the end of the next decade if school fees continue to grow at 5 per cent each year. assertive
2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘We are in crisis’: The HSC subject bleeding enrolments
🔮 In the next four weeks, 79,675 students are expected to complete at least one of the 123 written HSC exams that will span about 350 hours, starting with 75,348 putting their heads down for the first English paper from 9.50am on Tuesday. assertive
2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Fish, with a side of moral ambiguity: The toughest questions in the HSC English exam
🔮 The final question on Wednesday’s Higher School Certificate English Advanced exam might have seemed oddly specific or even divorced from the poetry and novels students studied in class. assertive
2026-10-16 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘I haven’t seen that before’: Surprise wording in the HSC modern history exam
🔮 Rose Bay Secondary College modern history teacher Emily Lawson appears popular with students, but she harbours views which might prompt a double-take in the staff room. assertive
2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald
From galas to art shows: The real cost of being a private school parent
🔮 But there is also another shadow economy that a first-time parent might not be aware: giving days, fundraising events and a busy social calendar all geared towards extracting more cash. assertive
2026-10-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘You have to actually think’: How to solve the hardest HSC maths problem
🔮 When North Sydney Girls High School student Angela Lin, 18, woke up on her birthday on Monday, she was feeling comfortable about the exam she would sit alongside 3769 NSW students. assertive
2026-10-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Everyone can do difficult things’: The surprise Sydney school offering Latin
🔮 It is a long, steep decline which some might describe as terminal, so it might seem strange that Caringbah High would revive the language. assertive
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