An expert has urged Australia's educators to take the time to care for their mental health after a survey revealed widespread exhaustion and burn out across NSW schools. A recent NSW state survey, released last week, revealed that more than ...

The nation’s best young spellers have stumped the Prime Minister in a grilling which would put the opposition to shame. Zachary Cheng, 13, Ozi Egesi, 11, and 10-year-old Joanne Lee were crowned champions across three age groups in the Prime ...

NSW teachers’ workload could be reduced with the introduction of “machine scoring”, where robots would take over students' assignment marking, new research shows.  These new ‘automated grading technologies’ could be rolled out in NSW public schools in the next ten ...

After 34 years of teaching, Barbara*, a Catholic high school teacher has gone part-time due to her tipping workload which has been driven by data collection. The teacher decided to downsize her career to sustain a work-life balance and while ...

In celebration of World Teachers' Day, Education Review asked ‘everyday Australians’ to share the memories of their favourite teachers who made their school day unforgettable.  Over the past couple of years, Australian teachers have faced numerous challenges with Covid-19, online-learning, ...

Lecturer and researcher Adam Ritchie spent his high school years in detention with school report cards describing him as smart but unfocused, playing in class and causing trouble. Years later, he is an accomplished academic at the University of Oxford ...

Extracurricular activities could help to close the educational gap between students in regional areas and their city counterparts, a new study shows.  Lead researcher from the University of Tasmania lecturer in psychology Alexander O’Donnell says out of school activities can ...

Teachers' job satisfaction has dropped in Australia as educators report feeling disrespected, overworked and unsafe, pushing them to leave the profession in droves, a new report shows.  The Australian Teachers’ Perceptions of their Work Report by Monash University surveyed more ...

Using fear appeal to encourage Year 12 students to perform better can have adverse effects on students’ stress and increase teachers’ anxiety, a new study shows.  Lead researcher from Macquarie University professor in psychology Viviana Wuthrich says teachers using fear ...

Career conversations can be loaded with anxiety, but they can also serve as a vehicle to improving mental health wellbeing if approached in an integrated way. Wellbeing in schools has been in focus in recent years with the evident mental ...