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…
The British International School Safeguarding Coalition Colin Bell looks at a new organisation supporting safeguarding initiatives in British International schools. The importance of…
Do larger class sizes really have a negative impact on learning? The population of the UAE is growing and there is pressure on…
All educators are teachers of language—and engaging students in thinking about language, themselves, and society is an invaluable methodology that can confront dominant…
Developing an alternative approach Too often lesson observations are rushed and tokenistic. But is there a realistic ‘best practice’ alternative? Elen Harris thinks…
Some people were born to be leaders, and our lives are better for it. Where would we be without the brave women who…
Teaching students how to progress from writing simple statements to crafting engaging narratives that incorporate descriptive language is a key step in helping…
When you decided to become a teacher, no doubt it felt like exactly the right move. Somewhere along the way, though, things changed.…
Field trips are a quintessential school experience. You usually only get one or two a year so it’s important to do it right!…
With the new school year underway, many children and teachers experience severe anxiety or a sense of overwhelm. According to research from the…
Kids need to learn how their bodies work and how to take care of them. Suffice it to say that the heart and…