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Rebecca BorgEducation Reporter

Rebecca Borg is an education reporter for the Herald Sun. She previously worked as a cadet journalist in Sydney with the Saturday and Sunday Telegraph and The Australian, before doing a six-month stint as a Melbourne-based reporter for news.com.au. After a short stint as a digital breaking news reporter for the Herald Sun, Rebecca moved into her current role where she covers childcare, school and tertiary education stories, as well as education-related research.

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Ribbons have been tied to the front gates of Ballarat High School after a senior music teacher was stood down and charged with a range of alleged child sexual offences. Picture: Supplied

Ballarat High teacher allegedly pulled girl’s hair out in class

The parent of a Ballarat High School student is considering legal action after a senior teacher allegedly pulled out his daughter’s hair in front of dozens of students.

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Liverpool offers plenty of child care places. Generic childcare, kindergarten, preschool pic.

The ‘lifechanging’ development coming to Victoria’s kinders

Children with disabilities will have more freedom and independence at kinder than before, thanks to ‘lifechanging’ upgrades and renovations taking place at more than 400 centres.

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Langwarrin Park Primary School principal Richard Barren has been charged with possessing child abuse material. Picture: Supplied.

Child abuse material charges for primary school principal

Parents have been left “in tears” after they were told their principal was charged with possessing child abuse material.

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Two High School Students Wearing Uniform Working Together At Desk Using Digital Tablet Picture: Istock

Vic curriculum authority blows extra $600k on delayed student website

The state’s embattled Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority has suffered a $600,000 cost blowout to its new online student portal.

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High School graduates are shifting towards degrees in STEM, while the University of Melbourne remains the top choice among school leavers wanting to study science and arts. Picture: Supplied University of Melbourne,

Engineering, science now top picks for Victorian uni courses

Victorian high school graduates are making a shift away from creative degrees to study pathways with stronger job prospects. See which courses are growing in popularity.

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Months of unrest between students in years seven, eight and nine at Forest Hill College led to police being called and students sent home amid a campus-wide lockdown.

The Melbourne school starting the year with no senior maths teacher

Senior students at Forest Hill College are starting term one without a maths teacher as Victorian public schools scramble to fill hundreds of vacant positions.

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Grade five student 10 year old Belicia Batra with her tutor Reema Verma at RMIT Alumni Courtyard. Picture: Tony Gough

What you need to know before you hire a tutor for your child

As more than four million Australian students get set to return to the classroom, tutors are already getting booked up fast with pupils keen to get a head start on their learning.

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School children running away. They are wearing uniforms and carrying backpacks. They are having a race. Multi ethnic group with Asian, Caucasian and Aboriginal children. Rear view

Australian billionaires open wallets to fund kids’ private school fees

Some of Australia’s richest identities are giving students from low income families the chance to study at some of the city’s most prestigious religious schools – at a subsidised cost to their parents.

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Police are appealing for information following an attempted abduction of a child in Belgrave Heights earlier this month. On Tuesday 3 August, a young child was walking their dog along Colby Drive, when they passed a van parked on the side of the road late in the afternoon.The male driver opened the passenger door of the van and offered the child lollies in an attempt to lure them into the vehicle.The child immediately ran home, while the van followed slowly behind. The child was not physically injured in the incident.The man is described as Caucasian, about 183 centimetres tall, aged between 30 to 40-years, with short reddish hair, pale skin and a slight belly. He was last seen wearing a black singlet and work shorts. The van he was driving is described as similar to a white, Ford Transit style van with no side windows, has panel damage and a scratch to the left hand side rear panel. Police have an attached an image of a similar van and an image of a man they believe can assist with their enquiries.

White van abduction attempts unsolved as kids return to school

Four terrifying attempted abductions on Melbourne streets in the final weeks of term four remain unsolved as more than a million children return to the classroom this week.

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Back to School. Identical twin brothers Maximus and Domadius Missiha who are starting prep this year at Our Lady of Lourdes school. The boys came from interstate so they're new to Melbourne. Picture: David Caird

New year, new state, new school: Big adventure for preppie twins

Double the back to school fun is in store for Our Lady of Lourdes primary as twin brothers Maximus and Domadius gear up for their first day of prep after a big move from interstate. See the pictures!

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