More teachers fail to meet literacy and numeracy test
Victoria's teaching watchdog has conceded that closer to one in ten new teachers granted permission to work in schools has failed or not completed a compulsory literacy and numeracy test.
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Henrietta Cook
Education Editor at The Age
New teachers fail to meet literacy and numeracy test before entering classrooms
One in 20 new teachers registered to teach in Victorian classrooms have not passed a compulsory test that measures basic literacy and numeracy skills.
IBAC finds disastrous Ultranet project for schools was a 'corrupt' shambles
Education Department officials corrupted the tender process for a disastrous school IT project, wasting up to $240 million in taxpayers' money, Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog has concluded.
Secrets of the schoolbag: what students bring to class
They grace the backs of thousands of students and get heavier as exams approach.
Bigwig education official faces court over 152 criminal charges
As far as charge sheets go, this was a thesis.
'Students can sit in a forest on their iPad': outdoor school plan grows roots
Imagine a school where children spend most of the day outdoors.
A fractured relationship between two brothers
He is always smiling, loves fashion and is adored by his friends.
'We needed towels': Melburnians who helped strangers in Bourke Street
A father-of-two handed out latex gloves to passers-by who had stopped to help the wounded. The rest of the first aid kit was useless, he said.
The witnesses: 'There was no hesitation, he just mowed them down'
As doctors frantically work on the injured, Melburnians have told tales of chaos, tragedy and miracle escapes all along Bourke Street Mall.
University offers: the country kid who dreamt big and made history
In the small town of Bung Bong, surrounded gum trees on a sprawling rural property, Rylan Jardine dreamt big.
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