The WA schools that showed huge improvements in NAPLAN testing

[WA Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 11th April, 2019 AM News Update [Mercy College in Perth's north has been named as one of WA's most improved schools following the release of NAPLAN ...]( [The WA schools that showed huge improvements in NAPLAN testing]( Explicit instruction and a tutoring centre for students falling through the cracks has led to Mercy College recording huge improvements in reading. --------------------------------------------------------------- Top Stories [WA Labor senator slams influence of 'Israel lobby' on party's Mid-East stance]( She says "Israel lobby" is influencing her party's Palestine policy, but a Jewish advocacy group says her comments validate "hatreds and conspiracy theories". [WA Labor senator Sue Lines has taken aim at an Israel lobby she says has stalled her party's policy on Palestine.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['A punch in the gut': Carers, people with disabilities share Centrelink experiences]( "People often say 'of course I haven't engaged with the National Disability Insurance Scheme. All they ever do is send me written letters and I'm blind'." [Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John listens to Prime Minister Scott Morrison move a motion in support for a royal ...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New $22 million mental health unit for Fremantle Hospital]( Mental Health Minister Roger Cook announced funding boost to ensure better access to care and treatment for those people living with mental illness. [New mental health beds have been announced for Fremantle Hospital. ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Everything you need to know about the election, and where it will be won and lost]( Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called it! Australians will vote in a federal election on May 18. So, what happens now? [Ipsos Parliament. ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The radio station built on bullying]( I was at 2GB when one of Ray Hadley's most recent accusers was monstered by the radio star. [Radio host Ray Hadley is the subject of a fresh internal investigation at 2GB.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Is life getting tougher? The squeeze facing Australia's middle class]( Australian middle class among the most squeezed in developed world, OECD finds [A new OECD report has found the world's middle income earners, including those in Australia, are being squeezed ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Sensible course of action': Fyfe ruled out of western derby]( Fremantle skipper Nat Fyfe won't play in Saturday night's derby against West Coast after he ruled himself out due to concussion. [Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe is out of Saturday night's derby.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Extremely dangerous', a 'peanut': Anthony Mundine slammed over anti-vaxxer stance]( Paralympian Kurt Fearnley and the federal Health Minister have called out the former boxer over his tweets. [Anthony Mundine]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Remarkable first-ever image of black hole revealed]( The Event Horizon Telescope has released the first results of its finding, a "groundbreaking" discovery that proves Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. [Scientists have revealed the first image ever made of a black hole after assembling data gathered by a network of radio ...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Was this reality TV's rawest scene of the year?]( Network 10 had heavily hyped the "uncut" scene, dramatically presented in split-screen. And somehow, it delivered. [Richie Strahan and Alex Nation talk out their problems on Bachelor in Paradise.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Tired' King Eddy's set to be closed with a new hospital on the far horizon]( WA's historic King Edward Memorial Hospital is set for closure, with planning to start on a new women's and children's hospital to be built in Nedlands. [Perth's 100-year-old King Edward Memorial Hospital is set to close, with the government planning for a new women's and ...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- We've sent you this email because your email address {EMAIL} has been registered for WA Today membership. You can [unsubscribe]( from this email at any time. At WA Today, we'll never ask for your personal or credit card information via email. If you receive a suspicious email claiming to offer WA Today services in exchange for your details, please delete it. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Conditions of use]( [Privacy policy]( Copyright © 2019 Fairfax Media Limited 1 Darling Island Rd Pyrmont NSW 2009 Australia