A new $100m boarding school fund for remote Indigenous communities will be created if Peter Dutton is elected Prime Minister. Boarding schools are often the only education option for extremely remote Indigenous communities, particularly in Central Australia where schools are just too far away to travel back and ...
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A coalition of 19 disability organisations has called out the government’s delay on “meaningful action” for inclusive education after an alarming new report found a sharp rise in bullying of disabled students. There has been 18 months since the Disability Royal ...
More »‘We get bucketloads of homework’: Young people speak about what it’s like to start high school
Starting high school is one of the most significant transitions young people make in their education. Many different changes happen at once – from making new friends to getting used to a new school environment and different behaviour and academic ...
More »Coalition’s pitch to get more students into VET after high school
A Coalition government has pledged $260m to get more high school students to take up trades instead of pursuing university, after the opposition indicated it would cut the Labor’s fee-free TAFE program if it wins government on May 3. The ...
More »Which university courses will school leavers study this year?
Health and Society and Culture studies remain the most popular for university applicants in NSW and the ACT according to the admissions centre. The University Admissions Centre (UAC) processed about 75,000 university applications last year and early this year for ...
More »Let’s eliminate classroom battles instead of trying to win them: Opinion
Think about the most authoritarian teacher you had when you were at school. Likely to be male, it’s also probable that this teacher stood in ‘Authority Position A’. This was at the front of the room, perhaps even on an ...
More »Uni equity scholarship applications up 35%
The admissions centre that handles university applications in NSW and the ACT has said students applying for equity scholarships has surged more than 35 per cent this year. The University Admissions Centre (UAC) has received over 4,500 scholarship applications so ...
More »How can we make tutoring actually work?
Recent tutoring programs rolled out by education departments are being assessed as having little effect on student learning. Why is that, and how can we make tutoring actually work? An audit of a $1.2bn Victorian tutoring program, released in June, found ...
More »Cost-of-living worry overtakes climate change in teen survey report
Cost of living has emerged as the number one national issue for young Australians, eclipsing climate change and mental health, Mission Australia’s latest survey has revealed. Of the more than 17,400 Australians aged 15–19 who responded to the Youth Survey ...
More »Hands-on learning improves education outcomes for Year 12 school leavers
Moving from high school to tertiary education can be a daunting step for many Year 12 school leavers – What career? Which degree? Where to study? And can I afford to do it? But, there is another important factor to ...
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