By now, most stakeholders in the education system will have heard about the Federal Government’s My School initiative.
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority has set up a website that allows visitors to compare NAPLAN test results of almost 10,000 Australian schools.
One of the specific uses for such a tool is to help parents select [...]

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Building on the changes wrought by the introduction of a Prep year in 2007, among the themes the Bligh government is opening up for public discussion – online, at community forums, or in writing – is Getting Ready For School, in which plans include:
“… building up to 240 new kindergartens and providing funding for long [...]

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