Michael Lawrence is a Victorian teacher and author of the forthcoming book - TESTING 3,2,1: What Australian Education Can Learn From Finland: A Teacher’s Perspective. Now that he's teaching almost entirely online, Lawrence argues that old disciplinarian models of behaviour ...

The phrase ‘home schooling’ is being used to describe what parents in some states in Australia and globally are experiencing, with the temporary cessation of formal face-to-face schooling in lieu of remote modes of learning. Undoubtedly, some students will find ...

The recent parliamentary inquiry into the state of NSW's education system painted a grim picture and put forward over 60 recommendations – including making direct explicit instruction mandatory and using school inspectors to assess teachers in the classroom without prior notice. ...

This week was all about Australia’s underwhelming 2018 PISA results, so I thought it would be appropriate to produce a 'response from the sector', a quick rundown of what Australia’s education experts think about the results. Dr Steven Lewis, a ...

Linguist, writing aficionado, consultant and founder of Lifelong Literacy, Lyn Stone explains – through her trademark eloquent language – just how difficult writing is, and the number of things teachers can do to improve their students’ writing, which has been ...

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 ...