Rebecca Borg

Chief Education Reporter for @theheraldsun @newscorpaus | Two-time Young Journalist of the Year | Got a yarn? 📧 [email protected] or DM me.

[Rebecca Borg @RebeccaaBorg]

🧵If someone told me at the start of this year that I’d win not one, but two Young Journalist of the Year Awards, I probably would have said something like “in my dreams maybe”.

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▫ School Alarm

▫Victorian kids are missing 7 million days of school a year. Parents are being blamed
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▫https://t.co/c60SfEyaRa

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▫ Schools of hard knocks

▫Aggression, violence, sex assaults: 17 students are being attacked each day in Vic schools
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@theheraldsun #frontpagestoday #Australia 🇦🇺

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#BREAKING After school care provider Team Holiday could be fined $746,000 for alleged acts of neglect at schools including Caulfield Junior College and Richmond West Primary school | @theheraldsun

https://t.co/ea43glksPO

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#EXCLUSIVE The vast majority of Victorian schools are falling apart, with students sitting in ageing or portable classrooms, or under collapsing ceilings or mouldy walls, a bombshell report has revealed | @theheraldsun

https://t.co/M28sDHglE5

[Ben Carroll @BenCarrollMP]

NAPLAN gives cause for satisfaction.

I want to pay tribute to our dedicated teachers. They bring deep professional expertise to our classrooms and demonstrate their deep commitment to students every day.

Schools are more than bricks and mortar: they are communities. It’s our people - our workforce, families and all who support our students who make Victorian schools great places for kids to learn and grow.

Of course, there is always more to be done and our renewed vision - “The Education State - Excellence in every classroom” sets out our aspirations for Victorian schools in the coming years.

https://t.co/KYz3gVJie2

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🇦🇺 Class Warfare

▫‘I will slit your throat’: Death threats, violence triggering daily school lockdowns
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#frontpagestoday #Australia @theheraldsun

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#EXCLUSIVE A secret dossier obtained by the @theheraldsun reveals extreme acts of violence — including students brandishing garden shears and threatening to kill other children — are forcing schools to perform full safety shutdowns every day.

[Rebecca Borg @RebeccaaBorg]

I’d like to express my gratitude to everyone who has offered me their well wishes and messages of support. And to all my contacts and sources, thank you so much for trusting me to tell your stories.

[Rebecca Borg @RebeccaaBorg]

🧵If someone told me at the start of this year that I’d win not one, but two Young Journalist of the Year Awards, I probably would have said something like “in my dreams maybe”.

[Rebecca Borg @RebeccaaBorg]

Also a final big thank you to the beautiful @suzangiuliani and Susie O'Brien who in the last year have helped mould me into the education journalist I am today. There are so many other wonderful people in the Herald Sun newsroom I could thank and I’m grateful for the support.

[Ben Carroll @BenCarrollMP]

Making kids happy and thriving is fundamental to their education success.

Bullying in schools is a serious problem with severe negative consequences for students' mental health, academic performance, and overall well-being.

With explicit expectations and a consistent approach to bullying, we’re turning the tide against bullies.

And that’s what we want in every school.

[Rebecca Borg @RebeccaaBorg]

A former Blackburn High music teacher who admitted he “snapped” when he dragged a student out of the classroom and slapped them has had his Working With Children Check reinstated, despite calls for tougher penalties against offenders | @theheraldsun

https://t.co/953uLzrPrt

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Exclusive documents reveal almost 300 Victorian schools were hit by vandals last year, with arson attacks, theft and smashed windows draining more than $2m from budgets. See how much was spent on repairs at your school | @theheraldsun

https://t.co/ClU2WXIQ99

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Talented young basketballer Milla Killeen who died in a school bus crash near Geelong has been remembered for her “vibrancy” and “beautiful personal qualities” | @theheraldsun @brooke_gc

https://t.co/GdoQYr6MkR

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Education Minister @JasonClareMP is fully supporting at least five of the recommendations made in Victoria’s child safety review, with a national childcare worker register and CCTV trials to be rolled out within months | @theheraldsun

https://t.co/Tc5ZmO3Nud

[Ben Carroll @BenCarrollMP]

Great news to wake up to - Victoria is top of the class in NAPLAN!

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🇦🇺 Quick Fox For Child Safety

▫A “practical, easy to use” childcare workers register could be implemented “tomorrow”, an ex-government adviser says, urging the government not to “sit around” for years waiting for one to be built
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