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The downward trend in Australian writing is widely reported.  Solutions, however, are not so forthcoming.  Writer's Toolbox founder Dr Ian Hunter is leading the call to take action—to roll up our sleeves and create practical classroom solutions that inspire students ...

Students in NSW will learn more about artificial intelligence and virtual reality under a revamped technology and computing curriculum, with seven other new curriculums being released for consultation this week.  Four new IT and computing subjects have been included in ...

The government has allocated an extra $7.9 million to expand an expert-led teacher training program to NSW primary schools The Nexus primary pilot program, run by La Trobe University, will send 105 aspiring teachers to schools in NSW and Victoria ...

When the pandemic caused the shutdown of society, and schools, practically overnight, many teachers were scrambling to work out how to keep their students engaged with their classwork. During a very stressful time for society, teachers had to adjust to ...

Government funding to Australian private schools has increased at almost twice the rate of funding to public schools since Gonski, new curriculum data shows. According to Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority data seen by the Guardian, 98 per cent ...

Teachers, school counsellors, teaching assistants, and education staff members care deeply about the students they work with on a daily basis. The past few years have brought many different kinds of trauma to our students and to us personally. The ...

A ban on mobile phones and smartwatches will begin in Queensland schools from next year. Students at state schools will have to give up their devices for the entire school day, starting from Term 1 of the 2024 school year. The decision is a ...

Universities will have until 2025 to roll out major changes in their teaching degrees as part of a major shake-up of teacher education in Australia. Last week, education ministers signed off “in principle” on 14 recommendations from experts tasked to ...

Parents of students from a group of West Australian Anglican schools have been told they could be banned or their children could be expelled for breaches of a strict new code of conduct. The rules have been rolled out by the West ...

Every teacher has heard the refrain from their non-teacher friends, relatives, acquaintances and even random strangers, about how “lucky” they are to get twelve weeks of holiday a year. Little do these people know exactly how much we need this ...