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March 2011 News Articles

Art Education Improves School Experience for Students

22 March 2011

Research has suggested that children who undertake arts education perform better in literacy tests and are less likely to be absent from school than other students. Read more here...

Revised National Safe Schools Framework Released

18 March 2011

As part of the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence, the Minister for School Education, Mr Peter Garrett, has launched the revised version of the National Safe Schools Framework. Read more here...

Enrolments Continue to Increase in Non-Government Schools

17 March 2011

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released Schools Australia, 2010, which shows that the proportion of Australian students attending non-government schools has continued to increase. Read more here...

Caution needed when reading My School Website

3 March 2011

All parents need and deserve accurate information so that they can choose the right school for their children and monitor their chosen school’s educational outcomes but parents must carefully analyse the material on the My School website to be launched tomorrow, writes Michelle Green, Chief Executive, Independent Schools Victoria. Click here to read the media release (PDF)...