Government Education Portal - Australia

ACT Department of Education and Training - Publications and Policies  

URL:  http://www.det.act.gov.au/publications_and_policies

Category:  State and Territory 

ACT Department of Education and Training has a list of its publications and policies relating to schools and education.

Age of Entry Trial 2005: Report on Phase I (NT)  

URL:  http://www.deet.nt.gov.au/...age_of_entry_2005_phase_i_report.pdf

Category:  State and Territory 

This report outlines the findings of Phase I of the NT Department of Employment, Education and Training's Early Years review and Age of Entry Trial. This two phased trial is ensuring Territory schools are on track with respect to the Australian Government's requirement for all states and territories to move to a nationally consistent single intake policy.

Boys, Gender and Schooling - Queensland Education Department  

URL:  http://education.qld.gov.au/students/advocacy/equity/gender-sch/

Category:  State and Territory  Specific student groups 

Boys Gender and Schooling has been developed by Education Queensland for school communities - teachers, administrators, parents - working to address issues in boys' education.

Canteen Menu Planning Guide  

URL:  http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/...schoolsweb/homepage/cmpguide.pdf

Category:  State and Territory 

The Canteen Menu Planning Guide is part of the NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy. This booklet aims to make the job easier to design a school canteen menu that reflects the Australian Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents.

Children's Book Council of Australia WA Branch  

URL:  http://www.cbc.org.au/wa/

Category:  State and Territory 

Home of the Children's Book Council of Australia, Western Australian Branch.

Education in country and city New South Wales: Briefing paper No 4/08  

URL:  http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/...File/Education2FINALINDEX.pdf

Category:  State and Territory 

This paper begins with a section on the origins and development of school educaton in NSW and goes on to make the following points: evidence exists of differences, in levels of achievement, between country and city students in New South Wales; governments have attempted to respond, to perceived differences in performance, by instituting programs to enhance achievement; researchers have pointed to high staff turnover as a contributing factor to differences in performance, between country and city students; retaining students, to year 12, appears to be a particular issue in providing education to students in rural areas.

Education Queensland - Reports and Publications  

URL:  http://education.qld.gov.au/...tion/production/reports/index.html

Category:  State and Territory 

Reports and publications relating to education and curriculum are found on this site from Education Queensland.

Education Times  

URL:  http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/news/edtimes/default.htm

Category:  Journals and Newsletters  State and Territory 

Education Times is published fortnightly by the Department of Education & Training, Victoria. It contains information for the education community as well as all principal, teacher and non-teaching staff vacancies and appointments.

Hearing Student Voices Project  

URL:  http://www.sapo.org.au/pub/pub2183.html

Category:  State and Territory 

The Ministerial Advisory Committee's Hearing Student Voices project investigated issues of importance to students with disabilities. This included their experiences of schooling and their participation in decision-making, not only in relation to themselves but also the broader environment of school and community. Information was collected from a total of 52 students attending ten discussion groups. Students with physical, hearing, vision, intellectual, communication and language impairment, from the range of educational settings (mainstream, special class, special unit and special school) contributed to this project. The following major issues emerged from the data: harrassment; support from teaching staff; teaching and learning; and peer support.

Improving the Educational Outcomes of Boys Final Report December 2002  

URL:  http://www.det.act.gov.au/...file/0005/17798/Ed_Outcomes_Boys.pdf

Category:  State and Territory 

There are gender differences in achievement, engagement, motivation, and students' attitudes to school and schoolwork. Many of these show that boys perform more poorly than girls (eg. in literacy, achievement, retention, completion of school, and motivation). There are, however, areas in which boys are not under-performing girls (eg. numeracy).