Why a great idea doesn’t guarantee business success
Solution-focused, purpose-driven and AI-enabled – successful small business owners should heed the lessons of these growth sectors.
- by Emma Koehn
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Education
Educators being kept in the dark about extent of teacher staffing gap
Principals and parents do not have detailed public data about teacher supply and demand after the state government failed to publish the figures for two years.
- by Broede Carmody and Emma Koehn
School’s out – and these students mean business
Across Victoria, teenaged entrepreneurs are starting and running companies at the same time as completing their high school studies.
- by Emma Koehn
Victorian students top the country in attendance, but gap widens for disadvantaged
Attendance rates are rebounding from pandemic disruptions, but there is still a downward trend in attendance that experts say needs more investigation.
- by Emma Koehn
The high-performing NAPLAN schools in your area
These schools are consistently strong performers, and all say the key to success is happy, relaxed kids. Use our interactive to find the high achievers near you.
- by Emma Koehn
This year’s top-performing VCE schools revealed
One regional school has clinched the title of top VCE performer for the third time in five years. Search your school’s results.
- by Emma Koehn and Craig Butt
Friends, Pilates and comfort TV: How the class of ’23 found balance
As Victorian year 12 graduates await the release of VCE results on Monday, they reflect on their years – and the best bits were often outside the classroom.
- by Emma Koehn and Robyn Grace
They flunked or got ‘nightmare’ ATARs. Now they’re CEOs and master’s grads
After failing year 10, Justin Giddings failed TAFE – twice. By 35, he was the chief executive of Avalon Airport.
- by Sherryn Groch, Robyn Grace and Emma Koehn
When school’s out, tutoring’s in: Students sign up for after-hours study to get ahead
These high school students are signing up for extra tutoring classes to get ahead in key subject areas including maths, English and science.
- by Emma Koehn
Junior scientists uncover secrets of the zebrafish, and get hooked on STEM
Primary school children are studying a creature that plays a key role in medical research, in an effort to get them excited about science.
- by Emma Koehn
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