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Lisa Mack (centre) and Brendan Ricci (right) with students from Yea High School.

New agricultural hub for rural high school

Students at Yea High School will soon have access to an agriculture-dedicated learning space, in a bid to encourage more students to pursue a career in the industry.

Kate Murphy, assistant principal at Hay School of the Air. Photographer TBC

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School of the Air offering unique opportunities

A student in remote Western Australia, one in Cambodia, and one on a sheep station 130km north of Hay. This is a classroom for School of the Air teacher Kate Murphy.

Regional students at stand alone primary schools return back to school on Monday.Torquay Coast Primary Sc tool students, Pia (8) and Jye (6) Monks and Jagger (7) and Harlow (9) Barnett canÃ¢â¬â¢t wait for School to reopen.Picture: Jay Town

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Statewide teacher-student ratios revealed

The latest student-to-teacher figures for regional Victoria have been revealed. Find out which schools rank the best.

Northern Territory's Charli Fulton, 11, is a Haileybury Pangea online student. PICTURE: Supplied.

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‘Roadhouse schoolhouse’ for student Charli Fulton

From an office at an outback roadhouse, this 11-year-old attends a one-of-a-kind online private school. Here’s a day in her life.

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16 APRIL 2020: Around the globe, children of all ages are spending more time at home with parents and carers as society attempts to slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The pandemic has claimed over 130,000 lives and infected over 2 million people worldwide. TARPOLY CREEK, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 05: Alessia Bowman, 10, Sybella Bowman, 12, and Oliver Bowman, 8, do school work at their family home and cattle property on April 05, 2020 in Tarpoly Creek, Australia. Emily Bowman, mother of three, believes the current internet situation highlights "the great divide between city and country." She is currently paying $400 per month for a recently expanded package and considering hiring a space in Tamworth (100 km away from her home) so she can access better internet to home school her children. " We are in the technological dark ages in rural Australia, the service is expensive and unreliable", stated Emily. As boarding schools have closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many rural families are now teaching their children from home. With no access to high-speed fixed-line connections they rely solely on satellite internet which is proving problematic and costly, particularly for the use of streaming and video apps such as Zoom - a prominent component in most online teaching. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Teachers fear for students as schools need more support

Many teachers are worried about keeping students engaged and achieving good outcomes during home-based learning, as a News Corp campaign calls on governments to issue clear guidance on what resources educators will need back in the classroom.

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Group of children listening to the teacher. They are in a classroom. Multiethnic group with Caucasian and Asian kids. School girl is smiling and happy

Public school students to stay home for two days

The Victorian Government has ordered two pupil-free days for public schools to help teachers prepare for distance learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s when they’re set to take place.

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Principal David Shepherd with students from Ballarat Clarendon college. The School uses test results to better target its teaching which has shown huge improvements in student results.

Regional Victoria’s top NAPLAN schools revealed

One Ballarat school puts in another amazing NAPLAN performance, as revealed in an analysis of results from all schools. See how every regional school performed in 2019.

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Apollo Bay P-12 Year 9 students have made huge gains in NAPLAN writing. The principal says teachers made students put laptops away and go back to pencil and paper in English lessons, which has helped. Pictured, last year's Year 9 students.

Laptop ban boosts Year 9 writing

This isolated country school in southwest Victoria made their Year 9 students pack away their laptops during English, and the improvements in writing were phenomenal.

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Every school’s 2019 NAPLAN results revealed

A top girls’ school has dominated the latest NAPLAN, taking out the best results in both Victoria’s primary and secondary categories. SEE HOW EVERY SCHOOL PERFORMED.

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