A $10.6 million program to tackle cyber bullying will be rolled out in every Victorian public school. The initiative, called eSmart, will provide $2000 grants to all public schools and 300 non-government schools to implement strategies to address cyber bullying. ...
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Schools out, belts out
Research has identified a critical period in which young Australians are prone to putting on weight and, if they do, it is hard to shift. Melbourne's Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) tracked the weight of more than 1500 young people ...
More »ACT and NSW on top in NAPLAN
The ACT topped 15 of the 20 categories in the NAPLAN results released late last week, with Victorian and NSW schools sharing the other top ratings. The Northern Territory achieved the worst results, but former education minister Simon Crean stressed ...
More »The power of persuasion?
Along with ads for the new VW, Diet Coke and Maltesers, Sydney cinemagoers were recently shown an advertisement for Newington College, a private boys’ school in Stanmore, Sydney. The 60 second ad slickly displayed still images of several students engaging ...
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A new award for teachers in SA public schools and preschools has been handed down after more than two years of negotiations. State education minister Jay Weatherill said the end of the arbitration clears the way for greater decision making ...
More »1300 children at risk in Victoria
More than 1300 children at risk of abuse and neglect don't have allocated case workers in Victoria, despite money being provided to the state's child protection system. And staff retention is still a critical issue, with frontline child protection workers ...
More »BER rumbles continue in NSW
The NSW government has been accused of spin and living in denial after it released a glowing appraisal of its own handling of the Building the Education Revolution (BER) program. Under the BER Score Card, the state government gave itself ...
More »Three more years
The return of Labor to government is a positive development for Australian education if for no other reason than the long awaited review into schools funding will go ahead. That’s the view of many peak bodies and commentators in the ...
More »More resources needed: Teachers
Victorian teachers want more resources to keep Years 8 and 9 students on track by offering a broader curriculum. Australian Education Union (AEU) state president Mary Bluett says Years 8 and 9 are the difficult years for students, when they ...
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An Afghani woman whose schools for girls were forced "underground" during the height of the Taliban government has told an Australian audience of the positive signs emerging in her troubled country. Sakena Yacoobi founded the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) ...
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