Victorians schools are using edtech platforms to manage student behaviour, communicate with parents and monitor students’ online activity – but this is how some apps could threaten your child’s safety.
Families with children in government schools can earn $400 per child for free next year, to spend on camps and sporting fees.
Education Minister Ben Carroll has weighed into the sexual harassment scandal at Bundoora Secondary College, promising to help stamp out the vile behaviour.
Academic levels in Victoria are declining. Yet, parents are still forking out thousands in school fees — more than almost every other state.
Cash-strapped parents are turning to artificial intelligence tutors to educate their kids amid the cost-of-living crisis, but experts have warned lessons could potentially go “off rails”.
WorkSafe has issued an urgent warning to schools and community groups about the dangers of inflatable equipment after they found two Melbourne schools breached safety procedures last month.
Students as young as six are meditating and doing breathing exercises in class in a bid to dramatically improve student mental health.
How do you get it? Where can you spend it? Here’s everything you need to know about the $400 School Saving Bonus.
Eloise has an IQ of 122, can count to 10 and knows her ABCs, but even with the support of a child psychologist and her kinder teacher, the four-year-old has been knocked back from school.
Covid meant many Victorian kids didn’t play team sports, and now the game may be up because of their lack of basic skills.
A former Melbourne councillor with a deep connection to the NT has given the remote students of a Darwin school a $15k “leg up”. What she donated.
More students are dropping out of secondary school in Victoria than at any time in the past 10 years, and experts say poor mental health following Covid lockdowns could be to blame.
Demand for teachers has surged by almost 40 per cent in Victoria as schools scramble to fill positions before 2023.
Hostile parents and violent students have made one in four teachers feel unsafe, with calls for more respect for the profession.
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