A new report reveals single-sex schools across the country perform better academically despite their shrinking proportion of students.
No Australian jurisdiction offers 30 hours of preschool a week for three-year-olds. But a royal commission led by Julia Gillard has found all children benefit from two years of high-quality care before they start school.
Age differences in kindergarten classes span up to 19 months in NSW because children can start as old as six or as young as four-and-a-half.
A Melbourne council will shut down dozens of kindergartens while another municipality is considering closing its kinder facilities due to cost pressures linked to the state government’s free kinder program.
At least four centres in Melbourne’s south-east plan to trial Saturday programs for kinder next year in a move some parents have rejected.
New childcare centres would be subject to traffic-light system planning controls similar to other critical infrastructure under a plan to improve access to services.
Early learning providers say childcare shortages have been exacerbated by two Albanese government policies designed to slash costs and improve workforce quality.
US country music star Dolly Parton welcomed $8 million of funding in 2021 for her Imagination Library in NSW.
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The economic case for investing more public money in early childhood education and care is well understood. But reform won’t work unless carers can earn more.