Graduation season is here and it’s time for even the youngest graduates to walk across the stage, receive their diplomas, and toss those…
Australia’s most forward-thinking schools are already stepping forward—have you secured your place? As nominations continue for this year’s 5-Star Best Schools, The Educator is once again…
By Nupur Bagoria Many teachers don’t have a detailed financial plan for retirement—and that’s completely understandable. Day-to-day classroom demands often leave little room…
As education budgets tighten and federal relief funding expires, arts programs across the country once again find themselves on the chopping block. Recent…
Repetitio est mater studiorum. Or to say it another way, repetition is the mother of learning. And while repetition sometimes gets a bad…
Ayumi Kubo / Unsplash Celeste Rodriguez Louro, The University of Western Australia I remember the first time I attended a linguistics lecture as…
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…
Created by New York Times bestselling authors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, DailySpark is an innovative 30-day digital learning experience designed to help…
When there’s a bug going around the school, teachers are usually the first to know—and the first to catch it. But not only…
With final Year 12 exams starting this week, many students are experiencing unhealthy levels of exam stress. According to research from mental health…
It’s no secret that teachers spend money out of their own pockets to make sure students have the tools and resources they need…
Once kids learn to read, they unlock a very rich world of books and other writings to explore. This list of literary genres…
Social support can lead to more positive attitudes towards science-related subjects in Australian teens, new research shows. The research, led by Dr. Erin…
In the United States, school calendars have long followed the same pattern: 9-month school years with a few short breaks throughout, and a…
The science of learning can be implemented at the classroom, school, or district level, says Margaret (Meg) Lee, Director of Organizational Development for…
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) is best known for his horror and mystery writing, but he wrote much more than that. Poe’s writing career…
Australia’s peak teachers’ union and the Greens are calling for the Federal Government to rethink its school funding plan, with concerns that public…
Over the course of their careers, teachers develop their own lexicon for addressing classroom happenings. How many of these do you remember from…
I have some pretty strong opinions about theme days. More often than not, they are a burden on families (don’t get me started…