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Geelong’s school upgrades miss basics

Geelong public schools will undergo more than $10m worth of upgrades next year, including a new wellbeing centre and additional unisex toilets – but parents from a local state school are accusing the government of neglecting the region’s most urgent ...

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Teachers resigning due to “secondary trauma”

A new study has exposed the under-researched "silent cost" of educating students who are going through trauma at home that enters the school gates. A survey of 2285 educators and school staff has investigated the impact of Secondary Traumatic Stress ...

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ACT next state to sign Clare’s funding deal

The ACT is the most recent state to sign onto Jason Clare's Better and Fairer Schools Agreement, which will offer even more money to the territory's already fully-funded schools. It will become the first jurisdiction in Australia to achieve 102.5 ...

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Solving school refusal with river trekking

Many schools across the state are struggling with student numbers, student attendance and the ability to make learning relevant and fun. For a small independent school on the Mid North Coast, set up primarily to remove kids from the streets ...

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