Australia’s independent schools’ union has created an online program to help school staff and students deal with the trauma associated with this summer’s unprecedented fire season. The online training commences today, with nearly 500 subscribers. After the course finishes, a recording of ...

The president of the Australian Principals Federation, Julie Podbury, is calling for more respect from parents towards school staff and believes abusive parents should face the full force of the law. Podbury’s comments were made on ABC Radio’s Mornings and followed ...

There has long been consensus among literacy and education experts that Australian students’ writing abilities are eroding, with last year’s NAPLAN results for years 7 and 9 showing an average decline since 2011. Teachers, politicians and the media have all ...

Australian teacher Helen Comerford from Lumen Christi Catholic College in NSW has missed out on the world’s most dedicated teacher award, after being pipped at the post by Columbian teacher Patricia Abril. Abril was born in Bucaramanga, Columbia, and teaches social ...

Three-quarters of Australians teachers are feeling underappreciated and struggle with their workload. That’s one of the findings from one of the largest surveys of teachers in the country, conducted by Monash University. A new report, entitled Perceptions of Teachers and ...

UNSW researchers who surveyed students exposed to astrobiology have found that it instilled them with a better understanding of the true nature of science, which includes imagination and creativity. The results were collected during the Mission to Mars program at ...

As a young boy I always enjoyed letter writing, especially if I was writing to someone from a different culture. Their names elude me now, but I can still recall the excitement I’d feel when my pen pal’s envelope arrived ...

It’s not often that teachers are acknowledged for their hard work and the responsibilities they take on. That’s why competitions like Cambridge University Press’s annual search for the most dedicated teacher are so important. They motivate and reinvigorate teachers, helping them to believe ...

A common complaint about teaching graduates is that they lack the classroom experience needed to begin their careers as competent teachers. Universities do their best to address this issue through practicums that vary in length, from one-week observations to semester-long ...

Yesterday was both nerve-wracking and exciting for Year 12 students across NSW who received their Admissions and Tertiary Entrance Rank (ATAR). Unlike the ‘good old days’ when students had to wait for the postie to deliver the all-important news, this ...