We have many great teachers and fine schools in Australia, so why do we continue to look for‘education gurus’, usually from overseas? Think back to Julia Gillard’s recruitment of Joel Klein from New York back in 2008, or her appointment ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO's) theme for this World Teachers' Day, celebrated on October 5, is Valuing teacher voices: towards a new social contract for education. UNESCO says the theme acknowledges that teachers are experts in ...

According to the latest State of the Nation Report, more than 27 per cent of primary school students and 36 per cent of secondary students reported high levels of anxiety, depression, or both. With October marking World Mental Health Month, ...

Sweeping changes to NSW’s high school history course will see Holocaust education made mandatory for the first time, following concerns from Jewish groups that students were graduating with little or no knowledge of the horrors of World War II. Under the new Year ...

The close interaction between educators and students means they may notice changes in behavior, appearance, mood, or performance in students before others do. While educators are professionally equipped to provide academic guidance, they may not always feel skilled at facilitating ...

Resources promised by the federal government and the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) to manage classroom disruptions have been released. The Classroom Management Professional Learning Resources project is a response to research that found one in three Australian teachers are losing teaching ...

Adolescence is often characterised as a time of “storm and stress”. Young people are dealing with physical and cognitive changes and, as they move from childhood, can become increasingly distant from the adults in their lives. In academic terms, this ...

School refusal is a growing concern in Australia, characterised by a student’s emotional distress at attending school. What are its three stages and how can teachers identify them? Government estimates suggest that between one per cent to five per cent ...

Haley Tancredi, Queensland University of Technology; Callula Killingly, Queensland University of Technology, and Linda J. Graham, Queensland University of Technology About four students in every classroom will have a language or attention disorder. While some of these students will have ...

Looking for some simple and fun wellbeing activities for primary school students? Student wellbeing program provider Peer Support Australia created these free worksheets for teachers to use with their primary school students in class. A coping tools checklist for primary ...