The debate over whether high-performing teachers should be paid more is an evergreen yet vexed issue. Indeed, politician Mark Latham recently floated the idea in NSW parliament. “Why aren’t the best teachers, [who are] adding value in the classroom, given performance ...

British education publisher Pearson will soon phase out printed textbooks as it embraces a “digital first” approach to its learning resources. The company, which is the world’s largest education publisher, said students will now have to “rent” printed textbooks, a ...

Imagine being the principal of a school with just two students. But if that wasn’t bad enough, imagine the school had a poor reputation, too. That was the predicament facing new acting principal Chris Burgess of Taradale Primary School, 100km ...

For the crimes of few – or even just one – the group must pay. This method of punishment was a Machiavellian favourite of Professors Umbridge and Snape in the famed Harry Potter series. Remembering the injustice, one smoulders still. ...

A recent paper commissioned by the NSW Department of Education sheds light on the importance of critical thinking skills in the future, strategies to teach critical thinking and the kinds of programs that do and don’t work. It should come ...

Imagine you are at least halfway through your degree (93 per cent for me) and your university decides to spring on you that you now have to complete another hurdle before you are allowed to graduate. Not work. Graduate. Well ...

Despite record investment in education, Australian students’ literacy and numeracy levels have been steadily declining. This podcast series speaks with some of Australia’s K-12 education leaders and asks the key question: What, if anything, are we doing wrong? In episode ...

Every July, Australia turns its attention to NAIDOC Week, an entire week dedicated to celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievements. This year’s theme of ‘Voice. Treaty. Truth.’ is an invaluable chance for First Nations People to express their desire ...

Violent encounters between parents, teachers and principals regularly hit the headlines, with politicians bemoaning a perceived lack of respect for teachers in society. Indeed, in a recent article for Monash Lens by educational and developmental psychologist Sally Kenney and Monash University’s Dr ...

There are some teachers who seem to be born to the role, such is their passion, energy and enthusiasm for the profession and commitment to the education needs and emotional wellbeing of their students. Within moments of meeting Chantel Mirzai, ...