Most teachers have had the experience at some stage in their careers. With a teacher shortage looming, chances are that if it hasn’t happened to you yet, the day is coming when you will be asked to teach a subject ...

The need to explicitly teach vocabulary to our students is vastly underestimated in secondary schools. For decades, teachers and academics have been researching the problem of literacy in schools so we know that many students don’t really have enough words ...

An innovative program that introduces West Australian schoolchildren to university-level concepts in physics is set to go national, backed by federal government support to train teachers to deliver it. The program, Einstein First, which is currently offered in 38 WA schools, will ...

A disadvantaged school in rural Victoria has partnered with a state university to give its students broader study options and career perspectives. Heywood & District Secondary College in rural Victoria has seen its students open themselves to new horizons since ...

Showing your love of books and reading aloud in the classroom can effectively improve students' literacy skills, an education expert has said. In Australia, the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS) report released in May showed that despite students' ...

A lack of teacher training and misuse of NAPLAN results are preventing schools from identifying and supporting gifted students, education experts have warned. According to a new study from Griffith University, schools that have used NAPLAN test results to identify ...

One in five Australian students are entering high school without basic literacy and numeracy skills, according to a new report Research by the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) found 20 per cent of primary school students are starting Year 7 ...

Ex-teachers on average can take up to five years to decide if they want to quit the profession, according to early results of an Australian-first study. Preliminary data from a University of Queensland study which surveyed 255 ex-teachers nationwide found ...

Young women who wear school uniforms are more likely to experience harassment in public spaces, according to a new study from Melbourne University. Researchers interviewed 47 individuals who recalled their earliest memories of public harassment, and for the majority, their ...

Listening to teachers, making time for their professional development, incentives and system changes will be needed to address workloads, educators' attrition rates and the lack of respect for the profession, experts said. Following the release of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation ...