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Australian students’ performance in writing has attracted a lot of attention this year, particularly in the middle years where NAPLAN results are regularly scrutinised. But, while no one disputes the importance of the middle years, it is the senior years ...

New South Wales schools haven’t had it easy as of late: bushfire closures, COVID-19 interruptions, cyber attacks. Now, schools are facing their latest crisis – a spate of bomb threats, prompting evacuations across the state.  Recently, more than a dozen ...

A new book authored by a University of Technology Sydney professor argues that the teaching profession has lost its respect due to the deprofessionalisation of teachers. Associate Professor John Buchanan cites two key reasons for the deprofessionalisation of the profession of ...

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says schools and education systems are failing to give boys and girls across the world the same opportunities to learn and apply their knowledge of global and multicultural issues. This was determined ...

The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) is encouraging community members to support the work of teachers on the eve of World Teacher’ Day and for teachers to value their contributions to society. AITSL kicked off a campaign ...

In my frequent conversations with teachers across the globe, I am privy to many of their challenges. Many of these challenges are centred around differentiation in the classroom. And with the recent pandemic forcing a far deeper engagement with their ...

A new strike force has been established after bomb threats emailed from an anonymous source forced more than 300 students to suspend their HSC biology exam yesterday and evacuate their school buildings. The emails were sent to schools primarily on ...

School teachers in NSW can now utilise a new suite of interactive skin cancer prevention resources to help educate primary and secondary school students about the dangers of spending too much time in the sun. Research has shown that secondary ...

October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and this represents a special time for educators of students with Down syndrome and others with a range of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities. More informed models of teaching mathematics must include rich, comparable educational ...

As Year 12 students across Australia prepare for the culmination of their schooling, a proportion of over-achievers will be setting their expectations high and will likely be fearful about not reaching their perfectionist heights. The perfectionist syndrome led clinical PhD ...