One effective way of assisting students who need extra help to maximise their learning outcomes is for teachers and other adults to work with students one-to-one or in small groups in a tutoring, coaching or mentoring role. These guidelines can assist in the development of effective relationships to maximise learning and clarify the boundaries of...

A number of organisations currently collect information on children's services. While there is some duplication of information across the collections, there are also notable gaps, and no single collection or combination of collections, is able to provide an accurate measure of the number and proportion of children who attend child care and/or preschool. This bulletin...

The introduction of vocational education and training within the senior secondary curriculum was designed to broaden student choices beyond subjects which predominantly led to university, and to provide alternative pathways to tertiary education and work. Nhi Nguyen provides information about senior secondary school students undertaking vocational education and training during 2003, either through VET in...

Lisa de Bortoli and John Cressell analyse the OECD/Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2000) data on Australian Indigenous students in comparison with other Australian students and in relation to other countries. They also examine some of the characteristics of the Indigenous students.

Graeme Withers examines statistics on school non-attendance, and makes recommendations for future data collection and policies.