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$5000 for inclusive education equipment in Vic Victorian schools will receive an additional $5000 to invest in specialised equipment and assistive technology that supports students with disabilities and additional learning needs.

Theatre and science come together to boost littlies in STEM What do you get when a leading medical research facility and an internationally acclaimed theatre company work together? World leading STEM resources.

How can kids dodge national debt disaster? We’re awash with debt, deluged by it; one in six Australians is struggling with credit card debt and we’re around second in the world when it comes to private debt. Something needs to be done.

Boredom a great basis for children’s play “I’m bored”, they say while seated next to enough electronic entertainments to launch a local JB HiFi, but if kids are bored well let them be bored, it’s a good thing.

ANZ High School Esports League launches this month There is a new forum for the trans Tasman sporting rivalry with the launch of League of Legends high school esports league. It will act as a feeder competition into the professional esports league.

$15,000 Fellowship for Teachers of English and Literacy Who says teaching doesn’t pay? The Copyright Agency has announced the first-ever Reading Australia Fellowship for Teachers of English and Literacy worth $15,000.

Young songwriter to win TV exposure Competition gives young songwriter the opportunity to have an original song featured in the internationally broadcast series XVenture Family Challenge set to be broadcast early next year.

New generation of ‘Namby-Pamby’ kids about to drop So millennial bashing has become a national sport, the avo munching, fedora wearing, non-driving or moving out of home snowflakes that they are, but if you thought that generation was a bit soft wait for the next.

School’s out on SES funding There has been a lot of concern around the rethinking of SES scores but the government is keen to stress that the process is in its early stages.

Sydney Water opens 2018 Community Grants Sydney Water has announced its generous community grants program with a total of $80,000 to be awarded. Grassroots community organisations working on initiatives or projects across greater Sydney are encouraged to apply.

Kids can win cash with the ATO’s Tax, Super + You Competition It probably isn’t a great idea to be too creative with your taxes but that’s not the case with The Australian Taxation Office’s 2018 Tax, Super +You competition, with entries exploring how tax and/or super contributes to the community.

STEM experts in every school? Maybe The federal government plan to ensure every Australian school has at least one teacher specialised in mathematics or science is a good idea that might well remain so.