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| UpdatedA former Canberra teacher accused of two acts of indecency on a student in the 1980s, including one at the old Canberry Fair site, goes on trial in the ACT Supreme Court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, education, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA North Queensland school says a program rewarding positive behaviour, rather than punishing negative behaviour, is resulting in better outcomes for its students.
Topics: bullying, community-and-society, children, primary-schools, education, mackay-4740, west-mackay-4740
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The Catholic Education Office in Canberra says it "absolutely failed parents" by planning to quietly move a disgraced priest to a home beside schools, after a group of 80 people meets with the Archbishop over the matter.
Topics: primary-schools, schools, primary, education, catholic, community-and-society, garran-2605, ainslie-2602, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Topics: education, play-and-learning, health, disabilities, library-museum-and-gallery, community-and-society, community-organisations, community-education, echuca-3564
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Topics: education, play-and-learning, health, disabilities, library-museum-and-gallery, community-and-society, community-organisations, community-education, echuca-3564
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| UpdatedA community-based book club for people with intellectual and development disabilities is launched at the local library in Echuca.
Topics: education, play-and-learning, health, disabilities, library-museum-and-gallery, community-and-society, community-organisations, community-education, echuca-3564
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| UpdatedAn explosion in the number of high-rise apartments across our capital cities is dramatically driving up student enrolments, resulting in "jam-packed" public schools.
Topics: public-schools, schools, education, building-and-construction, industry, business-economics-and-finance, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA century past its economic prime, the tiny former gold mining township of Captains Flat, 40 kilometres southeast of Canberra, is fighting tooth and nail for its existence.
Topics: community-and-society, rural, schools, education, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThings you might find in an Australian classroom: a student pointing a replica gun at a teacher, chairs thrown, threats. Teachers reveal the biggest classroom disruptions they have experienced in the wake of an OECD report finding Australian students are badly behaved.
Topics: education, teachers, secondary, schools, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, australia
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Fear of repercussions and the feeling of not being taken seriously are a few reasons why children who are bullied don't seek help from teachers.
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History comes to life for high school students this week as WWII veterans give frank answers to the most intimate questions about their wartime experiences.
Topics: history, world-war-2, community-and-society, education, history-education, secondary-schools, renmark-5341
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| UpdatedThe NSW Government says it is doing plenty to promote science in public schools, despite announcing the nation's first science-focused school will be run by the Catholic Education office.
Topics: education, science, mathematics-education, computers-and-technology, engineering, states-and-territories, luddenham-2745
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Topics: children, community-and-society, children---toddlers, child-health-and-behaviour, health, education, children---preschoolers, renmark-5341
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| UpdatedJunior Dirdi’s journey from Gunbalanya to Melbourne
Topics: education, gunbalanya-0822, melbourne-3000
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In a world where educational opportunity is unjustly distributed, there are questions as to whether private schools should be exempt from paying income tax.
Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, schools, education, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe latest national report card for Australian year six students paints a disturbing picture of pupils slipping behind the world in maths and science achievement, with students' aptitude for science showing no improvement in a decade.
Topics: education, mathematics-education, mathematics, science, science-and-technology, australia
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US President Donald Trump has been in office for just under two months, but he's continued to showcase his rather unique take on the English language. 'Word nerd' David Astle explains what this means and why it's important.
Topics: government-and-politics, education, united-states
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| UpdatedA new documentary hosted by Ian Thorpe takes the controversial approach of equipping bullied students with hidden cameras so they can record their tormentors to reveal just how far the abuse can go.
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A remote school in north-west Queensland launches a nutrition program aimed at improving attendance and student health.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, activism-and-lobbying, child-health-and-behaviour, education, schools, mount-isa-4825, sunset-4825, qld, australia
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Topics: education, languages, teachers, internet-technology, darwin-0800
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Topics: education, languages, teachers, internet-technology, darwin-0800