De La Salle school sold to pay for abuse restitution and ageing brothers
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Adam Carey
@adamlcarey
Education editor . ACEL Vic media award winner 2021. Previously state politics, transport e: acarey@theage.com.au encrypted adamlcarey@protonmail.com
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Nine’s publishing business is thriving, no small thanks to the dedication of journalists who accepted a 0% pay rise when things looked uncertain in 2020 and just want our fair share of the company’s bumper 53% rise in earnings now. #FairShareNine
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Mac Zamani's education plan outlines the need to use headphones and an iPad.
“I’ve had teachers in class who come in and fill in ... and get mad at me and threaten to give me detention."
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Home schooling is up 44% in Victoria since the pandemic began
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Our fourth Schools that Excel, where we look beyond crude top to bottom rankings to schools that have improved results over a decade. Bravo to all these schools. View results for your school.
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St Joseph’s College in Echuca is our winning non-government school in regional Vic, for its success in lifting its academic results.
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Kerang Technical High School, in northwest Vic, is the regional government school winner.
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The Age has profiled the first two of 10 Schools that Excel winners for 2022. You can check the VCE results of every secondary school in our interactive.
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Catholic school refuses to show media student’s same-sex movie
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This is an actual job description for a public health role a friend is going for, who came to me seeking help deciphering what this newspeak means.
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Arts and humanities live on in regional Vic
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FedUni has reinstated the BA as a result of our NTEU campaign. Staff members up for redundancy have been told their positions are safe.
This is a massive win for NTEU members, students and regional communities. We plan on making it one of many more to come!
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Yes I’m late to this, but it’s goood.
Why that one tweet went viral (and what we must do now to fix "teacher shortages") aare.edu.au/blog/?p=14048 via
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The Chinese company which owns the land surrounding the Kilmore school say they have a white knight investor willing to keep the school open. Parents and teacher have now thrown their lot in with this plan. Let’s hope they aren’t being led up the garden path. twitter.com/adamlcarey/sta…
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Colmont School administrators have been dumped in a vote of creditors that included many angry parents and former teachers. Replaced by landlord's pick. What that means for the school from here is uncertain. School would need a $5m bailout to get thru rest of this year.
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Federation University won’t offer arts degrees from next year, says job ready graduates fee hikes a factor. But is a university that doesn’t offer arts truly a university?
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My son’s school is dipping its toe in decodable readers. Once a week he brings one home, the other four days it’s the old levelled readers.
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Parents have just been told year 12s will finish next Tuesday, year 11s on Friday. Boarding students who don't yet have new accom can stay on 'for a finite period'.
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Parents, students ‘blindsided’ as private school announces snap closure
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Listen in as I get grilled on
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Excited to be joined by @theage Education Editor @adamlcarey on Spin Cycle this eve. Lots to discuss: from reporting on staff shortages to funding to Dutts getting his school curriculum culture wars whirring. With @theshufflediary and @najsambul - Tune in from 7pm on @3RRRFM
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Unvaccinated teachers to be welcomed back to schools as mandate ends
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Courtesy of The Age here's an article detailing the Vicki Cleary story and how via Phil and the Cleary family, Coburg FC is using it's platform to achieve change and end violence against women.
theage.com.au/national/victo
#WeAreCoburg
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Bpangerang in, Japanese language studies out at Wangaratta primary school abc.net.au/news/2022-06-0 via
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I spent a week in Darwin looking at the big challenges kids from remote Indigenous communities face, just to attend secondary school. Thanks to 's Michael Gordon Fellowship for the support.
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A good statement from the publisher.
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I have made a statement regarding The Dogs and Upswell Publishing this afternoon. upswellpublishing.com/category/news
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When it comes to kids, mothers are saddled with the ‘mental load’
Haileybury eyes return to remote learning in state’s first private online school
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How students will be taught Victorian history through Aboriginal eyes
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Public school activism has finally jumped Melbourne’s hipster-proof fence
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Focus on Victoria for poll’s most ‘intriguing and influential’ fights
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Wonderful piece of analysis by George Megalogenis. We are lucky to have his insight.
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Donate if you can & RT - : I have started a GoFundMe in memory of Yukako. Please support and share so I can find her family and friends. #HerNameWasYukako
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He’s not on Twitter (too busy writing poems) but I’m too proud of old mate not to give him a shoutout here anyway. Brilliant to see years of dedication to his craft being recognised here.
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accelerations & inertias by Dan Disney (@vagabondpress) wins 2022 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. #NSWPLA
Read judges’ comments: sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/kenneth
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Victorian unis are bouncing back from a horror 2020, despite pandemic pressures on income, by
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Should we abolish special schools? by
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