St. Patrick’s Day is a fun, mid-March holiday that inspires learning about folktales and history, writing stories about magical creatures or lucky finds,…
New data reveals public schools are slipping further behind as government funding growth continues to favour private education despite rising student need. The…
The proposed Teaching and Learning Commission is the most significant structural reform to Australia’s national education architecture in a generation. Merging ACARA, AITSL,…
To call teachers “busy” is an understatement. But between grading lessons, attending PDs, and preparing for parent-teacher conferences, it’s still imperative that you…
In today’s world, social media gas-lighting and primal cynics deceptively pull power from others, making us wonder how students can wade through the…
Nominate Australia’s Leading Education Professionals Honour the innovators, leaders and changemakers driving excellence across the industry. Nominations are now open for the 2026…
When The Atlantic asks how far colleges should go to limit AI’s harms, Tyler Austin Harper answers: as far as it takes—even to campus-wide…
Patricia Garcia and Sonja Bloetner implement new curriculum resources at the secondary level The Case for Adopting New Approaches and Resources for Multilingual…
What if creativity wasn’t something extra you had to squeeze in, but something that could live right alongside your everyday lessons? This free…
Australia’s classrooms are in crisis, with teacher shortages, rising workloads, and burnout pushing many educators to breaking point. Now, a surge in mental…
As nearly 1.3 million Australian students sit their NAPLAN assessments, concerns remain that a third of the nation’s students continue to fall short…
The Educator is giving all professionals in Australia an opportunity to boost their industry profile with the fourth annual Most Influential Educators, supported…
An icebreaker is supposed to help people get to know one another before having an in-depth experience together. Sometimes, however, it might not…
Following the Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision in Carson v. Makin, a case brought on behalf of those seeking public tuition for students to…
Help students explore justice, civil rights, and powerful writing with this free worksheet bundle. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous “Letter…
Rethinking Food Waste by Educated Choices Program makes teaching about sustainability and food waste both engaging and educational. With a comprehensive lesson plan,…
Have you seen stress and anxiety appear on a young learner’s face when prompted with a writing task? Dr. Tonia Randle, an ESL…
Blockly Games is, as the name suggests, about making a game of block-based coding. The plan here is to teach students code in…
I’ve tried a few different techniques for class discussions over the years, some that I’ve written about previously in Faculty Focus. In recent…