When English and Music teacher Michael Lawrence visited Finnish schools in 2017, many teachers asked him why Australia used a test like NAPLAN to assess students, particularly young ones. For them, education is all about learning, not testing. The ultimate ...

The year in review is available on the podcast above or you can read the summary below.  Education is not just important to us for what is does – educating our youth for their future – it’s also important, almost ...

Just as the concept of flexible learning spaces revolutionised how we think about our classrooms, the concept of collective teacher efficacy, or CTE, is changing the way we approach professional development. For anyone who is missing this particular acronym from ...

The sight of a struggling student can be heart-breaking for teachers and school staff but with a classroom full of other students how can we ensure that everyone gets the specialist support that need? What if there was a way ...

A recent Indeed job search analysis showed an overall drop in people searching for teaching jobs. First-preference applications for teaching courses in 2018 were also significantly down on average at some of our best universities. Education Review took to Pitt ...

More than 55 per cent of senior high school students questioned in a recent survey claimed to be aiming for an ATAR of 90 or more. This is despite the fact that more than half the students participating in the ...

From April to June 2019, 245 data breaches were reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) under the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme. Yet again, education was among the top five sectors by notifications in the quarter. ...

Every role in an educational environment represents a position of trust – including principals, teachers and even cleaning staff. Regardless of the position or authority held, these individuals have direct contact with our children and we have to know they ...

Deciding if a child is ready for school can cause some anxiety for parents, especially if their birthday makes them a particularly young starter. In many cases, spending an hour or so in the classroom with a new teacher simply ...

Educators from all grade levels around Australia are starting to realise the benefits of digital technologies in the classroom. Typically, education is one of the last industries to make extensive change, holding on to traditional practices and methods. But digital ...