Going from good to great isn’t necessarily easy. When something is going well, often there is no impetus to do it even better. “Why bother, the results speak for themselves? Our students perform well above norms.” In these circumstances, it ...

As we celebrate another World Teacher's Day, it is fair to say that the global pandemic has been unlike anything we have experienced collectively as teachers before. It has created pressure in the mass adoption of remote learning, and exposed ...

Students and teachers are enduring some of the most significant disruptions to schooling in our history. So, it is welcome news that the NAPLAN 2021 summary results reveal the global COVID pandemic has had no significant impact on our children’s ...

When it comes to the benefits of an all-girls education – and there are many – there is one that I believe sits firmly above the rest, and that’s the confidence that all girls’ schools instill in their students.  From ...

The downward trend in Australian school student scores in tests such as NAPLAN, PISA and TIMSS has understandably caused concern among Australian educators, policymakers and the media. The push to remedy this trend is driving interest in pedagogies differing from ...

Educators go to university for four years, complete countless hours of study and spend many days in classrooms completing several practicums to get them ‘classroom ready’.  They are taught pedagogy, curriculum, theory and research; however, they aren’t taught how to ...

While many Australian schools have spent the last few decades admiring the old school tie, tightening standardisation and rubrics while chasing NAPLAN and ATAR scores, Finnish educators have been told to study best practices, and then try and improve on ...

If you look up the biographies of authors, you will find that many are also teachers, or ex-teachers — Rachael Johns, Josephine Moon and John Marsden, to name a few.  While mingling at a writers' retreat and meeting fellow authors, ...

What a difference a year makes. Around Australia, ‘normal service’ has largely resumed in schools and places of higher learning. This time in 2020, it was a very different story. COVID shutdowns saw institutions racing to implement remote learning models, ...

NAPLAN is under fire again. “Outdated” and “inappropriate” are words used to describe the aims of NAPLAN in a recent UNSW study. Many of us parents can relate to the many “negative outcomes” kids experience – like stress and anxiety!  ...