Mobile phones: are they a tool for learning or a distraction that send teachers (and some students) crazy? Following Victoria’s decision to ban mobiles during school hours in all state primary and secondary schools, and federal minster for education Dan ...

Education Review took to the streets of Sydney on the day of the Climate Strike 4 Action to ask people what they thought of students taking time off to attend the strike. Most of those interviewed supported striking during school hours. ...

With HSC exams quickly approaching, it’s timely to refresh our knowledge of how to prepare for high-stakes tests – in many ways, they can set the foundation for the rest of our professional lives. In his final instalment of the ...

Qualified linguist Lyn Stone is an expert in what she does, but someday she hopes to be made “redundant”. Until then, however, the founder of literacy consultancy group Lifelong Literacy believes there are far too many students and teachers in ...

John Marsden is best known for his top-selling Tomorrow When the War Began YA series, in which a group of young people find themselves suddenly in a war zone without the protections of the adults or institutions they’ve relied upon ...

Whether you agree with him or not, Mark Latham is always passionate about getting things done, and his latest agenda has been improving NSW’s education system, particularly performance-based teacher pay and lifting student achievement across the board. Listen to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

I am a school teacher and am therefore more highly attuned than others when people talk about suggestions for how education should look. I’ve noticed that when issues of social welfare are being discussed, such as Instagram use, mental health ...

Winter has started. Cold, short days add to the challenge of a long second term for teachers, students and families in Victoria. First term is now a distant memory but anyone associated with schools in Victoria would be saying to ...