Diploma giving students the X-Factor

Rebecca Vukovic

By Rebecca Vukovic
Published March 27, 2015

Given university places and jobs in the workplace are so highly sought after, it’s clear that high school students these days need to have a competitive edge to be noticed.

That is why Melbourne’s Ivanhoe Grammar School has developed an innovative and exciting new program called the Ivanhoe Diploma for ...

This story appeared in the April 2015 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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