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…
What if the AI tools we are trying to limit and caution against were actually essential (or beneficial) to enhancing the critical thinking…
Wrapping up a recent course, one of my students approached and asked to talk. It turns out she wasn’t there to review an…
Australian schools spend millions each year on professional learning, but knowing what truly works – and why – remains a challenge. Despite the…
A national summit has brought together leaders from government, business, education, and community to promote financial confidence, inclusion, and resilience across Australia as…
Strathcona Girls Grammar has announced the appointment of Olivia Cher as the new Head of Middle School, commencing in 2026. Cher brings over…
If you wear glasses, you probably know how handy it is to finally invest in a pair of prescription sunglasses—but can you imagine…
The late Dave Pasquini, my friend and a history teacher at Glenbrook South High School near Chicago, always said “A day without handouts…
ACTFL. (2024). ACTFL Proficiency guidelines 2024. Alexandria, VA: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Block, Nicholas. (2011) The Impact of Two-Way…
The International Dyslexia Association (IDA) has released its 2025 Dyslexia Definition—the first revision since its widely recognized 2002 definition that has guided research,…
At the end of every year, I let my 8th grade students do a Mrs. Morris roast, and they do NOT hold back.…