Any season is the perfect season to study the weather and get your students outdoors for hands-on activities. From reading and writing about…
Across Australia, growing evidence shows mental health issues are taking hold earlier, with primary-aged children increasingly affected. With most mental illnesses emerging before…
Australian schools have long battled a familiar headache: dozens of systems all demanding teachers’ time and attention. One platform for attendance, another for…
If you were a kid in the 1980s, you know there’s only one right answer to “Guess what?” Chicken butt! Kids today may…
From launching New York State’s first online school program to designing future-ready libraries and libraries and developing groundbreaking apps like the tether interactive…
On December 10 2025, Australia’s social media age-restriction law officially came into effect, restricting young people under the age of 16 from accessing…
The faculty role in higher education (HE) comes with the expectation to publish, yet many consider this a burden rather than a privilege. In fact, the…
The U.S. Department of Education has announced $256 million in new Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grants to improve literacy nationwide. These grants…
Ah, JanSport. One of the eternal backpack brands, carried by students everywhere. While we could wax poetic about the comfort of seeing a…
Campsey Public School, 11km southwest of Sydney’s bustling CBD, stands out as a model of cultural diversity and linguistic richness. Being home to…
Science magazines for kids are a perfect, low-prep way to connect classroom learning to real-world stories, and to let kids sample a diverse…
The news can be hard to process these days—and it’s even harder to navigate talking about it with kids. Sharing books about peace…
by Correna Haythorpe Let’s forget the hysteria surrounding Australia’s results in the PISA school test and focus on the facts. The global test…
One to one correspondence. Cardinality and ordinality. These are all important initial mathematical concepts. But just as foundational is correct number formation. We’ve…
One of the most important life skills for anyone to master is time management. Keeping track of everything that we have to do…
If you’re a pre-K, kindergarten, or first grade teacher, these letter-tracing worksheets are for you! Teaching proper letter formation is absolutely key in…
As an educator, staying current in your field requires keeping up with journals and other professional publications. The volume of new research and…
Migration and language learning are so intrinsically linked that, especially at this time of year, language educators cannot help but think about the…
Campsie Public School Principal Berlinda Cook tells The Educator how her school is strengthening its partnerships and providing the best start in education…