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 ...

With recent research showing that close to half of newly qualified teachers leave the profession within five years, the education industry must take practical steps to protect teachers from situations which may injure or harm them. Challenging behaviours in the ...

The recent Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers (HALT) Summit in Darwin highlighted the amazing work and impact being made by teachers around Australia. But for me, it also highlighted a slightly disappointing aspect of the HALT initiative. Almost a decade ...

Listen as education editor Wade Zaglas reflects on one of the week’s key issues: performance pay for teachers. Who’s for it and against it? Can it really work? And what kind of an effect could it have on the profession?

A recent study found that while over 90 per cent of Australians are concerned about environmental sustainability, only half believe they are doing their fair share to save our planet. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) describes our predicament ...

The revelation that Victoria’s Education Department has a high-tech, round-the-clock crisis centre is one window into the challenges facing school leaders today. The fact that over a fifth of educators have been bullied by parents is another. Delivering quality education ...

There are a myriad of reasons why girls in Australia aged 15–17 may choose to quit sport. They may find that the values of sport participation are not meaningful for them. They may lack the necessary knowledge and skills to ...

Notwithstanding the news coverage of the Christchurch terrorist attacks in New Zealand, where more than 50 innocent victims died as a result of the carnage on 15 March 2019, the elephant in the room remains. While the mainstream media desperately ...

Etiquette is experiencing a resurgence among educators, and the reason why reveals an interesting trait of modern society. In our time-poor society, people increasingly choose to enter or not enter into relationships based on a quick assessment of values alignment, ...

As we approach the middle of 2019, education institutions the world over are no doubt bracing for a busy year of learning against an ever-increasing number of cyber-attacks. For many, their natural defence mechanism is to deploy new technology and ...