Parents split over Steiner program
A CURRICULUM under which children are not taught to read and write until they are seven is being reviewed amid debate over whether it should be offered in public schools.
Milanda Rout
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Confucius goes corporate
TEACHING Chinese in most Victorian schools and equipping business with a cultural understanding of China are among the aims of the new Confucius Institute at the University of Melbourne.
Urgent call to tame cyber delinquents
CHILDREN as young as eight are being bullied in internet chat rooms and primary schoolers are sending pornographic pictures on their mobiles as the menace of cyber bullying reaches a new legion of younger victims.
Champion player in the field of bravery
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One dead, two wounded in Melbourne CBD shooting
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Call for surgeon report cards
REPORT cards for surgeons showing patient death rates should be introduced to help people make decisions about which doctor to choose for an operation.
Monash’s master plan to redevelop architecture
ARCHITECTS have become an “optional extra” in the developer-led building boom, prompting Monash University to put the profession centre stage with what it claims is the first new architecture course in Australia in 30 years.
Students face charges after taking guns on school camp
TWO Year 9 students are facing possible firearms charges after they took a sawn-off shotgun, a rifle and 17 rounds of ammunition to a school camp.
A shared journey into tragedy
IT was such an ordinary day. At their farm, Forest View, on the outskirts of Kerang, Alan Peacock was sitting at the kitchen table looking at some bills and having a cup of tea, while his wife, Min, a nurse, was hanging the washing outside. It had been, Alan says, “a very casual morning”.
Devoted father on holiday journey
IT was supposed to be the beginning of a holiday in Queensland when Geoff McMonnies boarded the train in Swan Hill with two of his teenage daughters.
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