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…
Proper assessment is essential to learning. Teachers plan their lessons and activities around learning objectives, and they need ways to check that students…
From one hypothesis to the next, these famous scientists have made discoveries that saved lives, uncovered entire species, and reached into outer space.…
Every year we hear a lot of buzz about kids not learning “real” money skills in school, like how to do taxes, for…
Classroom teacher: “That kid from Africa. He’s suspended again. He is always bothering everyone at lunch in the cafeteria.” TESOL teacher: “What country…
Antonyms, synonyms, homophones, contractions … if you’re a 2nd or 3rd grader, it’s enough to make your head spin! Using correct conventions is…
As the years go by with teaching, we become well-versed with new pedagogical techniques, but we also sometimes rely on what has always…
Over the last four years, the mental health and wellbeing of young people in Australia has taken a hit, with research from Mission…
More Australian parents than ever are taking up no interest loans to cover back-to-school expenses, new data from NAB shows. The bank expects…
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are asking school communities to learn the signs of forced marriage, saying parents, teachers and students are often…
Experience a virtual author event with your students when you sign up for our FREE classroom event. This student-friendly virtual webcast features Shannon…