Staff shortages threaten Andrews’ $9bn preschool overhaul
Workforce issues could hamper the state government from getting its early learning reforms off the ground.
- by Cara Waters, Adam Carey, Matilda Finn and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Teachers quit union over ‘weakest’ workplace agreement
State school teachers have accused the Australian Education Union of being too close to the Andrews government to effectively advocate for the profession.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Adam Carey
Falling numbers at all-girls state schools prompt calls for change
Enrolments at Victoria’s all-girls government secondary schools have declined, with one school’s student population shrinking by more than 20 per cent in five years.
- by Adam Carey
Residents blindsided as new school build starts next door
The Brunswick residents had no idea the government-run alternative school was being relocated to their street until the day the builders started work on the new site.
- by Adam Carey
WA universities rise in world rankings, with UWA at 90 on list
The Australian National University in Canberra retained top spot among Australian tertiary institutions but slipped from 27th to 30th and is now just three places ahead of Melbourne.
- by Adam Carey
Victorian universities buck national trend to rise in world rankings
All but one of Australia’s top universities slid down the international rankings this year, as their recognition among global academics and employers declined.
- by Adam Carey
How students will be taught Victorian history through Aboriginal eyes
Victorian high school students will be taught about the Indigenous “heroes” who fought, against long odds, to keep their language and culture alive.
- by Adam Carey
Schoolgirls to get ‘pep talk’ on how to spot signs of endometriosis
Students in Victorian state secondary schools will be taught to spot the early warning signs of endometriosis and how to seek help for it.
- by Adam Carey
Teachers needed: Department wants bureaucrats back in class as COVID takes hold
Registered teachers working for the Education Department have been encouraged to take expenses-paid tours of duty to regional Victoria as illness leaves schools short of staff.
- by Adam Carey
School expelled allegedly bullied student over parents’ behaviour, court told
Catholic boys’ school Parade College has alleged that the parents breached their enrolment contract through their own intimidating behaviour towards school staff and the student accused of bullying their son.
- by Adam Carey
‘We’re not asking for Caulfield Grammar’: Why parents are abandoning public schools in Melbourne’s north
Families in a pocket of Melbourne’s north are rejecting their local public high schools in favour of private schools, with a surge in Islamic school enrolments.
- by Adam Carey and Najma Sambul