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Schools

Guide

Guidelines for schools developing a firearms policy


The following guidance is for boards when developing a policy involving activities on and off school grounds where students are interacting with firearms in some way. The guidance will also clarify the requirements that need to be considered when drafting a school firearms policy.
Report

School councils in government schools


This audit examines whether school councils are meeting their objectives under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006. It considers the Victorian Department of Education and Training's guidance, and whether the DET effectively oversees school councils and keeps the minister informed on their performance.
Technical report

A systematic review of the effects of learning environments on student learning outcomes


This report outlines a systematic review of evidence that different learning environments have an impact on student learning outcomes. This review investigated how researchers measure changes in academic outcomes attributed to changes to both primary and secondary schools learning environments.
Report

The Bullying Project: what South Australian children and young people have told us about bullying


This report details the key findings that have policy implications for the development of a comprehensive whole of community anti-bullying strategy for South Australia.
Journal article

Plug n play: future prefab for smart green schools

While relocatable, prefabricated learning environments have formed an important component of school infrastructure in Australia, prefabrication for permanent school buildings is a new and emerging field. This review of prefabrication for schools is timely. In 2017, Australia’s two largest state education departments committed to prefabrication programs for permanent school infrastructure. In this paper we examine...