Next month, we are expecting the results from the annual NAPLAN tests, which students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sat earlier this year. Each year, the tests are widely promoted as a marker of student progress and are ...

Associate professors in initial and postgraduate teacher education at the University of Technology Sydney Jane Hunter and Don Carter co-host Talking Teachers, a podcast that aims to offer new solutions and perspectives on the current issues with education in Australian ...

A lack of job security, inequitable pay rates, and unsupportive work environments for First Nations language educators has led to the independent and state teachers' unions working together in Queensland to create stronger industrial guidelines for its Indigenous school staff. ...

New laws set to be introduced to state parliament would ensure religious schools cannot knock back job applications from prospective teachers because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Greens MLC Robert Simms will introduce the legislation in August, which would remove ...

There are quite a few phrases and words in Australian education right now that are raising eyebrows amongst many teacher-education researchers in universities. The terms we are referring to are ‘explicit teaching’, ‘explicit systematic quality teaching’, ‘explicit instruction’, ‘what works’, ...

Looking for some simple and fun wellbeing activities for primary school students? Student wellbeing program provider Peer Support Australia created these free worksheets for teachers to use with their primary school students in class. A coping tools checklist for primary ...

Nine principal's associations presented jointly developed proposals on research and professional support mechanisms to retain school leaders, to the federal education minister at a roundtable in late June. The bodies will continue collaborating with Education Minister Jason Clare after he ...

Researchers from Monash University have surveyed 1000 primary and secondary teachers across the country and their results reveal what health and wellbeing measures educators consider essential at work. Its findings are a bid to contribute towards solving the teacher shortage ...

Next month, thousands of students and their families will find out whether they have been offered a place in Year 7 at a selective high school in New South Wales. Selective schools dominate the top Year 12 results, and demand ...

According to research published in the Australian Journal of Education, up to 50 per cent of teachers leave the profession within the first five to seven years, citing reasons such as job insecurity, overwhelming workloads, and insufficient support systems. For ...