Early learning
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Education
The suburbs getting new and upgraded kindergartens
Areas that are short on childcare have been selected by the state government as locations for new or expanded facilities.
- by Alex Crowe
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The best and worst places to access childcare in Victoria
New research shows some parts of the state had no available places – the so-called “childcare deserts” – while other areas had more spots than there were children.
- by Alex Crowe
$10-a-day childcare should be ‘right there’ with Medicare, public schools
A think tank says the estimated $7 billion cost of providing free or low-fee early childhood education and care would be “more than offset” by other benefits.
- by Rachel Clun
Brunswick Kindergarten turns 100
With everyone dressing up as 100-year-olds, Brunswick Kindergarten celebrates its 100th birthday.
School bonus divides as rich reap benefits and poorer private areas miss out
Public school students in wealthy suburbs will get $400 each to help with learning costs while their private peers in poorer areas miss out.
- by Rachel Eddie and Robyn Grace
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Real life
‘Crucial for memory’: Why facts stick when you write them down
It might not be a window to your soul but it’s better for your brain. Why writing – once an ancient “handicraft” – is still worth doing well.
- by Angus Holland
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Childcare
Childcare will be as transformative as Medicare, says business leader
A major report into childcare and early education is due later this year. Businesswoman Sam Mostyn says they are as important to the economy as public schooling and universal healthcare.
- by Shane Wright
The ‘unique’ ABC show catering to the neurodiverse
Factual series Fizzy and Suds is a new form of early childhood entertainment that taps into divergent thinking.
- by Bridget McManus
The sites for Sydney’s new public preschools revealed
The Minns government has finalised the 100 sites around the state that will have public preschools for the first time.
- by Alexandra Smith
Victoria’s kinder conundrum: Rocketing enrolments, but who’s paying?
Free kindergarten boosted Victorian attendance to above the national average, along with a scramble for early childhood educators. But many centres fear for their future.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Opinion
Disability
Perth family’s story shows how childcare investment can save the NDIS
Stories like Alianna’s and Michele’s are the human reality that lies behind the newspaper headlines and pundits’ takes on how much we are paying for the NDIS.
- by Jay Weatherill
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