School helps Indigenous students Connect
What do you do with teenagers who are having problems at school? One Rockhampton high school is helping their students connect with their culture, their teachers and their community.
View ArticleToolooa teaches students how to live
Students at Toolooa High School in Gladstone are learning valuable lessons that will take them through the rest of their lives.
View ArticleQld students focus on English and maths
Queensland primary school students will be taught maths and English for a minimum number of hours each week from next year.
View ArticleRural Schools on My Schools website
Today on Bush Telegraph we go into the school rooms of rural and regional Australia to find out more about the challenges facing teachers and principals.
View ArticleMining scholarships for CQ students
Several Central Queensland students have been awarded scholarships to encourage them to take up careers in the mining industry.
View ArticleNAPLAN tests spark beef industry worries
Beef producers say one of the questions in this week's National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests could damage Australia's meat industry.
View ArticleResidents put case for Agnes Water high school
The delegation petitioning for a high school at Agnes Water says it hopes to have a decision on the proposal by the end of the year.
View ArticleBlaze destroys stadium at Rockhampton school
Police say emergency crews disturbed people trying to light a second fire at a Rockhampton school.
View ArticleGlenmore school 'safe' for students' return despite fire
Education Queensland is working to ensure the site of a fire at a Rockhampton high school in central Queensland is safe by the time classes resume next week.
View ArticleCore test for year 12 students
About 30,000 year 12 students are preparing to take the Queensland core skills test today.
View ArticleOpposition considers plan for Discovery Coast high school
The Queensland Opposition says it is considering making a new high school on the Discovery Coast north of Bundaberg in the state's south an election issue.
View ArticlePremier, Opposition Leader share Schoolies experience
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek will be watching the progress of Schoolies Week on the Gold Coast more closely than usual.
View ArticleNational curriculum in children's best interests: Bligh
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says a national curriculum is in the best interests of children whose families move interstate.
View ArticleNational curriculum taught in Qld schools next year
State Education Minister Geoff Wilson says some Queensland schools will start teaching parts of the new national curriculum from next year.
View ArticleIndigenous languages introduced to Qld school syllabus
Queensland will become the last state in Australia to introduce Aboriginal languages to the teaching syllabus next year.
View ArticleHigh school results ready by weekend
Queensland high school graduates will start receiving their results from the end of the week.
View ArticleMusic on the road
Classrooms will be getting a little bit noisier in the next couple of weeks as the group JAM, Join Australia Music, tours schools in Central Queensland delivering music workshops to students.
View ArticleKnights, kings and queens take Rocky by storm
A sea of knights, kings and queens lined rows of tables at a chess tournament in Rockhampton this week.
View ArticleOP countdown is on
School leavers around Queensland are anxiously waiting for their OP, which they can access online on Saturday morning.
View ArticleFinding family: the Stolen Generations
For sixty years Indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in non-Indigenous homes; they would later become known as the Stolen Generations.
View ArticleRemote students disconnected by satellite
The ICPA says Distance Education students living in remote parts of Australia are suffering as a result of the failed NBN rollout.
View ArticleRockhampton headmaster recognised as stand-out Queensland teacher
A central Queensland headmaster, nominated for a top teaching award, says less is more when it comes to education.
View ArticleAwards give Indigenous students confidence to lead
A central Queensland youth service has recognised an Indigenous student for his achievements in the classroom and on the sporting field.
View ArticleIn pictures: A day in the life of Charters Towers students at Beef Australia...
Members of the All Souls St Gabriels School Cattle Club in Charters Towers are in Rockhampton this week working hard at Beef Australia. The team of 14 are doing long days helping stud breeders look...
View ArticleRockhampton school meticulously prepares for phone call to International...
Teachers and students at a central Queensland school have spent months planning every detail of a ten-minute phone call to the International Space Station [ISS] on Monday night.
View ArticleQueensland education groups back move to delay secondary assessment overhaul
Queensland education advocates are backing the State Government's decision to postpone an overhaul of the senior school assessment system, a move that has been condemned by the LNP.
View ArticleAcademic slams Education Queensland decision to give home economics the chop
Education Queensland decides to remove home economics from its senior syllabus from the end of next year.
View ArticleQueensland's Indigenous students close gap on completing Year 12
Queensland's Indigenous students complete year 12 at almost the same rate as other seniors in the state, in what has been described as a "miraculous" achievement.
View ArticleAg college closures 'a sad day for agriculture' as final students graduate...
As the school year wraps up, staff, students, alumni, and rural industries are saying a final farewell to agricultural colleges in central Queensland.
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