Planning is well under way for the 2009 Australian Schools Calendar.

In 2009 the wall calendar will be double sided again with January to June featuring an Indigenous theme and July to December an Astronomy theme.

2 copies of the 2009 Australian Schools Calendar will be delivered to every school in Australia with materials from Scholastic, mid to late January 2009.

A survey of schools in 36 countries has found that bullying in Australian primary schools is in the worst category in the world.

More than 25 per cent of Australian year four students said they had suffered bullying, according to the Trends In International Mathematics And Science Study.

Top teaching graduates will be offered scholarships to work at challenging schools as part of an innovative plan to improve outcomes for students.

Education and Training Minister Rod Welford today announced a series of new initiatives in which undergraduate teachers would be offered incentives to take jobs in specialist subject areas, difficult schools or remote locations.

I am 44 years of age and attended schools in metropolitan Melbourne from mid 70s to early 80s. From prep to Grade 6 I went to Elwood primary and central school. In the eighties I attended Kew High School

The Federal Government will boost funding for its computers in schools program after complaints from the states and territories that the scheme was under-funded.

The states told the Federal Government its original funding of $1,000 per computer would not cover installation, maintenance and upgrade costs.