A change of education policy in South Australia allowed Chris Ryan to study the impact of an additional year of junior primary school on student achievement. It appears that the extra year increased numeracy and literacy performance in mid-secondary school significantly, among boys and girls and across ability levels.

This resource kit supports the Health Promoting Schools Framework and provides principles and strategies of good programs and practices of quality healthy eating and physical activity Such as: Implement school policies and standards that support healthy eatingand active living. Provide professional development opportunities for teachers and othersupport staff to teach and promote healthy eating and...

This 2003 blueprint outlined measures to be taken to ensure that all Victorian governement schools actively pursue excellence in teaching and that learning outcomes for all students continue to improve. Its summary of actions are: Recognising and responding to diverse student needs: Student learning Developing a new resource allocation model Building the skills of the...

This is research report number 31 in the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) research program. Among the report's key findings is that many early school leavers progress well in the first few years after leaving school. Taken together, the results indicate that during the late teenage years school non-completers are not unequivocally 'worse off'...

This paper reports on the findings and policy implications of a study that used both qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate mothers' decision making with respect to the interlinked issues of the care of their preschool children and their own employment.