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School chaplains are not required to meet minimum training standards, a recent senate estimates hearing was told. In response to questioning by Greens senator, Sarah Hanson-Young, DEEWR confirmed that program guidelines do not specify minimum qualifications. However, large religious providers ...

The Victorian education minister, Martin Dixon has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese Ministry of Education, committing to greater cooperation between the two governments. Dixon said the bilateral agreement, signed in May, would boost the number of students ...

Young people need to be central to the development and provision of cyber safety policies and programs. They have a good understanding of what is best for their safety, and directly involving them in the development of laws and programs ...

Billionaire owner of News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, said schools remain 'the last holdout' from the world's digital revolution. Speaking at the recent e-G8 conference, Murdoch urged global Internet companies to use the creative force of the web to revolutionise the ...

A four-year longitudinal study will track nearly every Year 10 student in Tasmania to identify why drop-out rates are among the worst in the country. The ARC funded project, to be conducted by the University of Tasmania and the Department ...

New Australian research confirms what music teachers have known for decades: there is a tangible link between music education and students' academic achievement. In a ground-breaking, three year study recently completed on behalf of music education provider, The Song Room, ...

For a long time, the provision of laptop computers - and more lately, notebooks - was within the realms of only elite private schools. This year will see the national rollout of individually managed technology for students throughout the secondary ...

Gradually, the notion of 'clinical model' is finding its way into the discourse of pre-service teacher education. It is necessary to examine the key features of this concept and why it has appeared at this time. It is no co-incidence, ...

To venture into the world of schools funding is to experience what Alice felt when she fell down a rabbit hole and emerged in a world where things became 'curiouser and curiouser'. For there are aspects of schools funding that ...

Just because the first four sections of the Australian Curriculum have been endorsed by federal, state and territory education ministers does not mean that work on this program is complete – or that the opportunity for teachers to have their ...