Radical call for kids to start reading in year two
An expert wants kids to delay learning to read because doing so in prep makes them anxious and causes learning problems.
Early Education
How much funding your kinder is getting
A $31m spending blitz to upgrade more than 270 kindergarten services across the state has been announced. See how much your kinder is getting.
Dire mistake that saw kids escape childcare centre
Operators of a Sunshine childcare centre were warned kids were at risk of escaping, but a lack of action led to a horror incident.
‘Reckless’ Werribee childcare operators back in business
The directors of a chain of daycare centres in Melbourne’s west are able to return after a three-year ban for “a history of contraventions”.
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Centres scramble to meet new teacher ratios
From 2020, preschools, kindergartens and day care centres with 60 or more children must have two qualified early childhood teachers instead of one — but are there enough staff for the extra jobs?
Are you risking your child’s health over screen time?
Australian parents are ignoring recommended limits on devices, risking the future health of their children. Here’s how much screen time your kids should really have — and what happens if they have more.
Screenagers face technology setbacks
They were born the year of the first iPhone and have spent their life on screens. Now — as this generation prepares to graduate from primary school — questions are being asked if technology is holding them back.
Kids could become students at age 3
Three-year-olds are at the centre of a seismic education shift experts believe holds the key to improving lives and lifting Australia’s poor global grades. Is three too young to start in the classroom? VOTE IN OUR POLL
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