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Suspended bursar sues education department
A bursar is suing the Victorian Department of Education following her suspension over alleged signing of false invoices.
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77 drug-related suspensions in Darwin schools
The number of students suspended from Darwin schools so far this year has almost beaten the total for the whole of 2014.
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Emojis get a smiley face from educators
Once the domain of students on social media, now the emoji is finding a legitimate place in the classroom.
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Schools to be offered anti-radicalisation tools
School teachers will be offered access to a range radicalisation information awareness tools describing how to identify at-risk students and how to intervene amid growing concerns around the rise of teenage terrorists.
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Labor intends to legislate for university funding boost
A Labor federal government would secure its funding increases for university students with legislation.
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Student suffers aneurysm following alleged schoolyard attack
A high school student has suffered an aneurysm after allegedly being punched by a school bully.
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NSW Teachers Federation in talks on new principal salaries classification scheme
The New South Wales Teachers Federation has started negotiations with the Department of Education around the implementation of a new principal classification structure for 2016.
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New education minister, childcare returns to portfolio
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s cabinet reshuffle has replaced Christopher Pyne as education minister while childcare has returned to the education portfolio.
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Funding gap fails students with disabilities
The Australian Education Union has told a Senate inquiry that a lack of funding for students with disabilities is leaving them with a disadvantage.
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Education Council meeting agrees to reform measures
The third meeting this year of the Education Council has agreed to a number of significant education reforms.