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Childcare centre sets up camp with outdoor sleeping program

premium_icon Childcare centre sets up camp with outdoor sleeping program

News From sleeping outside to adopting alpacas, a Bundaberg early learning centre has developed many exciting new programs.

Where you can read the first drafts of local history

premium_icon Where you can read the first drafts of local history

News The Nanango History Room has spent the last few days sorting through and organising copies of old South Burnett Times (and it’s previous namesakes) newspapers.

Students at risk of staff working conditions being cut

premium_icon Students at risk of staff working conditions being cut

News Union representing employees fear for planned cuts by Lutheran Education Queensland...

Qld uni named top young institution in Australia

premium_icon Qld uni named top young institution in Australia

Education QUT named Australia’s best university aged 50 years or younger in Times Higher...

School leavers’ rite of passage restored

premium_icon School leavers’ rite of passage restored

Education Queensland senior students will be able to attend school formals

‘We need to take more care in preserving our history’

premium_icon ‘We need to take more care in preserving our history’

News Local historian and author Dr Judith Grimes recalls how the newspaper has helped document local history for 99 years.

Safe Schools is not dead. It secretly lives on in classrooms

premium_icon Safe Schools is not dead. It secretly lives on in classrooms

Opinion Don’t be fooled by the latest announcement to overhaul the school curriculum. It won’t stop the nonsense ideologies being imposed, writes Miranda Devine.

Tackling cyber-bullying a priority for QLD schools

premium_icon Tackling cyber-bullying a priority for QLD schools

News Moffatdale State School is one of 55 Qld schools taking part in a new cyber-bullying program.

New savage school brawl video shows dad strike out at pupil

premium_icon New savage school brawl video shows dad strike out at pupil

Education Shocking footage of a brawl outside a Logan school reveals a father throwing punches at a schoolboy trying to get dressed. WARNING: Graphic images

Surprising fact about arts graduates

Surprising fact about arts graduates

News Arts degrees may soon cost as much as studying medicine thanks to a shakeup of uni fees, but not all STEM graduates have above-average job outcomes.

Childcare crisis to hit class of 2021

premium_icon Childcare crisis to hit class of 2021

News The end of free childcare has prompted experts to raise concerns about preschoolers who have had their early education interrupted

This is what university degrees will cost under new regime

This is what university degrees will cost under new regime

Education The government is taking another attempt at tackling undergraduate degree funding and changing the balance between student and taxpayer contributions.

Elite schools protest ‘extreme student hardships’

premium_icon Elite schools protest ‘extreme student hardships’

Education Prestigious private schools are joining forces to protest restrictions they say are severely disadvantaging some students.

Taabinga prepares students for digital future

premium_icon Taabinga prepares students for digital future

Education Find out how Taabinga State School is equipping its students with the skills they need for life after school.

WHEN I GROW UP: Blackbutt State School preps

premium_icon WHEN I GROW UP: Blackbutt State School preps

Education We dropped by Blackbutt State School’s prep class to ask what they want to be when they grow up.

WHEN I GROW UP: Benarkin St School prep class

premium_icon WHEN I GROW UP: Benarkin St School prep class

Education We stopped by Benarkin State School to ask them what they want to be when they grow up.

‘Slipping behind’: Students struggling after shutdown

premium_icon ‘Slipping behind’: Students struggling after shutdown

Education The school shutdown forced further apart the gap between the top and bottom of the class, with education leaders calling for an urgent solution.

Man, 38, may have to repeat Year 10 after school’s error

premium_icon Man, 38, may have to repeat Year 10 after school’s error

Education A 38-year-old man will have to repeat his Year 10 certificate if he wants follow his chosen career path after a cruel twist of fate involving his former school.

WHEN I GROW UP GALLERY: Coolabunia Prep/Year 1s

premium_icon WHEN I GROW UP GALLERY: Coolabunia Prep/Year 1s

News We stopped in at Coolabunia State School’s Prep/Year 1 classroom to ask them what they want to be when they grow up.

Major dictionary to redefine racism

Major dictionary to redefine racism

News Merriam-Webster is changing its definition of "racism" after a young black reader complained that people were using the existing one to argue with her online.