In my frequent conversations with teachers across the globe, I am privy to many of their challenges. Many of these challenges are centred around differentiation in the classroom. And with the recent pandemic forcing a far deeper engagement with their ...

Australian parents have, in 2020, had a peek behind the curtain of what it means to be a teacher. Sure, it hasn’t been real. I mean, any parent who contends that they’ve been “doing” remote learning themselves is having a little ...

A UNSW researcher aims to improve the lives of individuals living with intellectual disabilities by ensuring they have a greater voice in the programs and policies that affect them. Professor Iva Strnadová is a world leader in inclusive research and ...

The Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) has thrown its support behind a new online course focusing on educators’ wellbeing. The link between teacher wellbeing and their ability to support their colleagues and students is well established, as ...

Australia’s principals were under extreme stress well before the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent survey has revealed, and the need to act quickly and think on their feet with the sudden changes to school restrictions has only added to the problem. ...

It is with considerable excitement and a heightened sense of vigilance that Victorian schools have begun the staggered return to face-face learning for students, after more than six weeks of conducting the biggest education experiment this country has ever seen. ...

When my PR agency recently handled a coronavirus crisis on behalf of one of our school clients, we took around 50 calls from journalists on the first day alone. Thankfully, because we’d already prepared for this scenario as a possibility, ...

Teachers at the Islamic School of Canberra stopped work for one hour today to protest against the protracted nature of the enterprise bargaining process with the School Board of Islamic School of Canberra. At the centre of the protest, which ...

The Independent Education Union of Australia (IEUA) has been told that a small number of independent schools are considering standing down support staff without pay in Term 2 due to COVID-19’s fallout. However, the union is resolutely calling for the ...

When the coronavirus first emerged in China's Wuhan province, local authorities were slow to react and suggestions of a lack of transparency and cover-up by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were widespread. Here, too, in South Australia the Education Minister, ...