Noosa Flexible Learning Centre is spart of the Edmund Rice Australia group of flexible Learning Centres which cater for the growing number of young people who are seeking an alternative pathway to mainstream education. No school rules... just a set of four core principles that are the foundation of all Edmund Rice Flexible Learning  Centres. Listen to the students talk about why this works for them.

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Jack Thompson AM presents a new short documentary dealing with the hidden crisis of wasted potential with 16% of Australian teenagers not in full time education or work. More Australians leave school at 16 than in most other OECD countries. He introduces the school engagement program, Hands On Learning, the hook that that has kept hundreds of students at school. Early school leaving costs Australia over $2.6 Billion each year, so it's time to give schools dedicated funding so they can all run programs like Hands On Learning that we know work, to prevent kids dropping out of school and missing out on an education that holds the key to their successful futures.

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Central Coast Alesco is part of a small network of ALESCOs operating in NSW . The Central Coast program cater for Year 9 students at the Berkeley Vale campus and Year 10 students at Green Central at Kariong. It offers a smaller, supportive, and  non-competitive, environment. Listen to what the students have to say...

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