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Robyn Grace is a former education editor at The Age.

Schools that Excel 2024: Find out your school’s VCE results

Schools that Excel 2024: Find out your school’s VCE results

The Age’s Schools that Excel series celebrates schools that achieve outstanding improvement in their VCE results over a decade. Find out who won and use our dashboard to track your school’s results.

  • by Craig Butt and Robyn Grace

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The regional school where the surf’s up – and so are the VCE scores

The regional school where the surf’s up – and so are the VCE scores

A government school with a surf academy and a Catholic school steeped in history have been chosen as The Age’s 2024 Schools that Excel in regional Victoria.

  • by Robyn Grace and Caroline Schelle
After a crisis: How a school turned a public scandal into a teaching moment

After a crisis: How a school turned a public scandal into a teaching moment

An independent school that had its values tested in the most public way and a government school that celebrates its students’ success are The Age’s 2024 Schools that Excel winners in Melbourne’s east.

  • by Robyn Grace
The 164-year-old school hamstrung by rent brawl between a charity and the government
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The 164-year-old school hamstrung by rent brawl between a charity and the government

The Victorian College for the Deaf says its St Kilda Road home is dilapidated and needs capital works, but the purchasing power of a $10 million government grant has eroded over four years.

  • by Robyn Grace and Noel Towell
Numeracy in schools doesn’t add up. Here’s how experts would solve the problem

Numeracy in schools doesn’t add up. Here’s how experts would solve the problem

All children would be tested for numeracy knowledge in the first two years of school under a plan to tackle underachievement in maths.

  • by Robyn Grace
$1 billion tutoring program did little to help kids catch up

$1 billion tutoring program did little to help kids catch up

The Victorian auditor-general has found students who took part in the small-group tutoring program showed similar improvement to those who weren’t tutored.

  • by Robyn Grace
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Parents thousands of dollars out of pocket after NASA trips cancelled

Parents thousands of dollars out of pocket after NASA trips cancelled

Up to 700 students have been affected nationally including pupils from Reddam House, The King’s School and The Forest High.

  • by Lucy Carroll and Robyn Grace
The way children are taught to read in Victoria is about to change
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The way children are taught to read in Victoria is about to change

Victoria is almost the last state or territory to adopt this approach. But Education Minister Ben Carroll says the evidence is in.

  • by Robyn Grace
Owen loved being a principal. But he never wants to set foot in a school again
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Owen loved being a principal. But he never wants to set foot in a school again

Some experts believe principals could be eligible to launch legal claims for moral injury – a psychological condition once reserved for soldiers in war zones.

  • by Robyn Grace
Where Australian universities rank among world’s best, and why it’s under threat

Where Australian universities rank among world’s best, and why it’s under threat

One Victorian university has been named among the world’s top 20, but experts warn a limit on international students could hinder our progress.

  • by Robyn Grace
How much screen time is too much? This is the answer to every parent’s question
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How much screen time is too much? This is the answer to every parent’s question

New data reveals how Australian schools rank among OECD nations for the time students spend on digital devices in classrooms.

  • by Lucy Carroll and Robyn Grace

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