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Catholic education chief questions if ‘funding wars’ really about funding
National Catholic Education executive director Jacinta Collins says it’s time for “fringe commentators and the Australian Education Union to stop the distorted reporting on school funding” and for “all sectors to realise the full Gonski commitment to Australian education”.
Big change coming to the way Catholic school kids are taught
Catholic schools in Melbourne will overhaul how students learn reading, writing and maths, switching to explicit instruction over student-led or inquiry-based learning. Source: The Age.
Students benefit from school counselling program
Students attending Tasmania’s Catholic schools are benefiting from a state-wide counselling program run by CatholicCare Tasmania. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
Catholic school closed after discovery of contaminated mulch
A Catholic school in Sydney’s northwest will remain closed for a week while authorities remove an estimated 30 cubic metres of asbestos-contaminated mulch. Source: ABC News.
Government hoses down push to axe tax breaks for private school donations
Tax deductions for donations to school building funds are set to stay in place after a backlash from Catholic and independent schools. Source: The Australian.
School’s Health Hub program expanding at a healthy rate
A Toowoomba Catholic school is expanding a program that offers students industry-standard health training to meet the growing demand in the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland. Source: Toowoomba Catholic Schools.
Students’ poor reading performance a ‘preventable tragedy’
Australian students are struggling to read, with new research revealing a third of children cannot read proficiently and their poor performance could cost Australia $40 billion over their lifetimes. Source: The Australian.
Archdiocese adopts new method of governance of Catholic Education
The Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese will change the governance of Catholic Education to better support the Church’s mission in education and further enhance regulatory compliance and transparency. Source: Catholic Voice.
Globally recognised education innovators to develop plan for diocese
Education innovators Pasi Sahlberg and Dave Runge will work with Catholic Education Ballarat to develop a five-year strategic plan to shape education in the diocese.