Graduation season is here and it’s time for even the youngest graduates to walk across the stage, receive their diplomas, and toss those…
Outside school hours care (OSHC) is becoming more complex, with rising expectations around service quality, consistency and communication. For many providers, the challenge…
In classrooms across Australia, the pressures facing young people are shifting, and not always in ways schools can easily see. A new report…
As education budgets tighten and federal relief funding expires, arts programs across the country once again find themselves on the chopping block. Recent…
AI hype keeps getting bigger and the offerings more complex. It’s being pitched to schools from every direction, but what really matters when…
A growing body of research shows that young men are finding it increasingly tough to find their place in the world and build…
Frustrated with reading countless AI-generated take-home essays and long ago disillusioned with scantrons, I plunged into oral exams this finals season. The classes were lower-division history courses: one comprised mostly…
While we are likely to think of film, food, fashion, and perhaps fiction when we think of French, we’d do well to add…
Which sunny, out-of-the-classroom activities are you most excited for this summer? For those teachers a little more sports-minded, the green expanse of the…
The Trump administration is withholding $6.8 billion in federal funding for K-12 schools due for distribution on July 1. Department of Education staff…
On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling allowing parents in Maryland—and potentially nationwide—to request opt-outs from LGBTQ stories…
A new analysis spanning 10 years of NAPLAN data shows the writing skills of Australian children are at an all-time low, with most…
Dear We Are Teachers,I’ve been a part of interviews this summer for a vacancy on our team. After researching each of the candidates…
When the Turnbull Government’s expert advisory panel released its landmark report into the need for literacy and numeracy checks for Australian Year 1…
A panel of federal judges blocked Louisiana’s plan to post the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. For many educators and religious-freedom…
For too long, the conversation around remote First Nations schools has centred on attendance—or the lack of it—framing students and families as the…
Summer is a great time to grab your loved ones, get outside, and enjoy the sunshine—until it’s not. Because while your classroom might…
This article was updated July 2025 Digital image libraries are essential to today’s teachers and students. Yet while stock image sites such as…
Earlier in my teaching career, my first-day-of-class deck included a slide about my professional and personal history to build trust and transparency. I…