Rural education
A teachers’ bus, and other novel ways to fill jobs at country schools
As the teacher shortage forces more schools to access the finite bucket of Education Department financial incentives, rural schools are reaching for more creative methods to ensure they have sufficient staff.
- Robyn Grace
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Retired teachers covering classes, broken windows. The plan to fix these regional schools isn’t working
A scathing auditor general’s report says a plan to lift academic outcomes for regional and remote students in NSW will almost certainly fail.
- Christopher Harris and Michael McGowan
Inside Victoria’s ‘ghost schools’: The classrooms with no teachers or students
Devenish Primary is one of Victoria’s 10 “ghost schools” – tiny schools that are not officially shut but were stripped of teachers. But some families are fighting to keep them open.
- Madeleine Heffernan
Canoodling, sure – but how about that composting? The new appeal of farm stays
Romance might be in the air for some, but for many people, a retreat to the country is all about learning how to live more sustainably.
- Ute Junker
- Perspective
- Regional Australia
The country pub that saved a village searches for a new future
Apsley, a village in Victoria’s western Wimmera, was dying. But the community bought the pub and saved the town. Now the Border Inn is for sale again.
- Tony Wright
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- Education
NSW regional education plan to improve outcomes for kids in the bush
Regional schools will have more choice in subjects, high-performing teachers will be encouraged to teach in the country and a dedicated education team will be based in the bush to drive better results.
- Alexandra Smith and Lucy Cormack
Live-streaming bedtime stories inspires kids to read
A NSW primary school has started broadcasting stories to students via Facebook and who are being read to sleep by local celebrities.
- Taylor Denny
Bucking the trend: How rural schools are boosting student results
Housing for teachers, pooling VCE subjects and online learning. We took a look at some of the initiatives improving outcomes for rural and regional students.
- Henrietta Cook and Craig Butt
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