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Allowance requirements unfair: parents

The Isolated Children's Parents' Association is asking the government to make the payments available to all regional students, no matter where they live. The government has tightened the youth allowance eligibility criteria so that students who come from city and ...

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Disability awareness campaign for schools launched

A not-for-profit disability services provider is spearheading a month-long campaign to promote awareness of disability among the community, and young people in particular. The campaign, Scope See Me September, aims to challenge perceptions of people living with a disability, said ...

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International report validates reforms: Garrett

Teachers should be paid according to their skills, not years of service, an international report on the Australian schools system has said. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report, released today, found that career progression for Australian teachers ...

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Education scholarships launched

Young Australians who are on treatment for cancer, or are cancer survivors, are being encouraged to apply for scholarships that will help them achieve their education goals. Redkite, a national charity that supports children and young people with cancer and ...

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NAPLAN nightmares

It's usually by week three of the new school year that the emails from parents start flooding Maggie Dent's inbox. Worry and stress caused by the impending NAPLAN test isn't exclusive to the parents of children in Year 3, says ...

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Size matters

The fight over the school funding pie usually turns on the size of the slices -and whether one sector is gobbling up more than its fair share. But perhaps a more useful question, as the Gonski review into school funding ...

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