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Community and home

New AISV Chairman: 'Schooling is a Partnership'

Teachers' Union Needs to Stop Whingeing

On Track Survey Data Released

Message from Michelle Green, Chief Executive of the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria

Parents to Receive NAPLAN Report Cards

2020 Summit Focuses on Education

Students have their say in the 2020 Summit

More and Better Research Needed for Education

Independent School Offers Scholarships to Refugees

Parents' Survey: Independent Schools are Safe Learning Places

Parents and Schools to Create Closer Ties

Psychology of Happiness

Parents Warned about Mathematics Programmes

Schools to Share Resources

Tall Ships in Port

Electronic Speed Signs for Schools

21st Century Educational Tools

Independent Schools Council of Australia Releases
Election 'Manifesto'

Parents Value their Choice in Educating their Children

Students Share their Faith

Schools to Acquire Business Edge

Communities Urged to set-up Schools

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curriculum

Teaching of English to be Updated

National Curriculum Board to Tackle Geography

Languages Next on the National Curriculum Board's Agenda

Fight to Keep Languages and Physical Education on the Curriculum

National Curriculum Board on its Way

Geography Standards Dropping

New History Curriculum

Students Call for a more Social Education

Social Subjects cut from Primary Schools

Science Still Failing to Excite

Australian Literature Finds its Place in the Curriculum

Primary Schools to Cut Curriculum in Half

Australian Literature in Decline

Science Fails to Excite

Proposed New History Curriculum for all Australian Schools

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environment

Solar Education

Schools go Green

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funding and Policies

Children with Autism to Gain Funding Boost

Teachers' Union Needs to Stop Whingeing

Schools Receive Funding for Computers

Message from Michelle Green, Chief Executive of the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria

Federal 2008 Budget

Victorian 2008 Budget

New Victorian Government Plan for Schools

University Leaders Welcome Higher Education Reform

Primary Schools to Receive Additional Funding

Trade Training Centres in Schools Programme Launched

AISV's Response to The Sunday Age

Federal Government Continues to Support Funding for Non-Government Schools

ALP Education Policies

Meet the New Ministry

The Education Revolution Begins

The ALP Releases its School Broadband and Computer Plan

The Coalition offers Tax Rebates for Education Expenses

Labor's School Broadband and Computer Plan Welcomed

Tax Rebate for Education Expenses Welcomed

SES Funding Model to Stay

Non-Government Schools save Taxpayers $5 Billion

Government Funding for Non-Government Schools

SES Funding Model

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health and wellbeing

Anaphylaxis Training for all Teachers and Carers

Healthy Eating for Healthy Living

Cameras to Protect Students and Schools

Accentuate the Positive

Psychology of Happiness

Secular Chaplaincy

Children to be Weighed before Beginning School

Unhealthy Fundraising

Anaphylaxis Training for Schools and Childcare Centres

Tanning not so Smart

Students finding it Hard to Cope

Eating Disorders

Online Gaming to Build Resiliency in Young People

Teens in Two Minds about the Danger of Drugs

Girls Play less Sport

Character Ban on Junk Food

How to Host a Safe Party

What is Bullying?

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higher education

Forum Calls for Reduced Emphasis on ENTER

Students to get a Military Taste

On Track Survey Data Released

iTunes brings Universities Together

TAFE Fees Set to Increase

Melbourne still one of the Best University Cities

Parents to Receive NAPLAN Report Cards

TAFEs Welcome HECS Proposal

Universities to Form Closer Ties with Schools

Universities to Consider a Work-Integrated Learning Scheme

University Leaders Welcome Higher Education Reform

Science Numbers Improving

University Graduates Smiling

Non-Traditional Courses more Popular

How should Teachers be Taught?

More Uni Places for 2008

Melbourne Model on its Way

Literacy and Numeracy from Primary School to University

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Indigenous Education

New Victorian Government Plan for Schools

Independent Schools Lend a Hand

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literacy and numeracy

Teaching of English to be Updated

Parents to Receive NAPLAN Report Cards

New Victorian Government Plan for Schools

National Benchmark Results are In

Literacy and Numeracy from Primary School to University

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primary education

Parents to Receive NAPLAN Report Cards

New Victorian Government Plan for Schools

Primary Schools to Receive Additional Funding

Transition from Primary to Secondary School

National Benchmark Results are In

21st Century Educational Tools

Primary Schools Forgotten

Social Subjects cut from Primary Schools

Primary School Principals in Counselling

Literacy and Numeracy from Primary School to University

Primary Schools to Cut Curriculum in Half

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rural schools

Rural Students Higher Education Opportunities Depleting

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Secondary education

Forum Calls for Reduced Emphasis on ENTER

Students to get a Military Taste

On Track Survey Data Released

Schools Receive Funding for Computers

Universities to Form Closer Ties with Schools

New Victorian Government Plan for Schools

IB to Introduce a more Hands-On Approach

Independent Schools Lend a Hand

Trade Training Centres in Schools Programme Launched

Computer Rollout to Commence in June

Science Numbers Improving

Commonwealth Government's National Secondary School's Computer Funds

Transition from Primary to Secondary School

National Benchmark Results are In

PISA Results Are In

More Tech Colleges on the Way

New Defence Schools Planned

21st Century Educational Tools

New History Curriculum

Students Call for a more Social Education

Two New Selective-Entry Schools

VCE Starts a Year Early

Information Technology fails to lure Students

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special needs students

Children with Autism to Gain Funding Boost

Disability Funding not Fair

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technology

Commonwealth Government's National Secondary School's Computer Fund

Information Technology fails to lure Students

Online Gaming to Build Resiliency in Young People

Technology in the Classroom

Information and Communication Technology for Preschools

Mobile Phones may be Banned from School Grounds

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vocational education

On Track Survey Data Released

TAFE Fees Set to Increase

TAFEs Welcome HECS Proposal

IB to Introduce a more Hands-On Approach

Trade Training Centres in Schools Programme Launched

VCAL Giving Students Another Chance

More Tech Colleges on the Way

New Defence Schools Planned

Vocational Education not up to Standard

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