Forget snakes and spiders. In primary school, my biggest fear was long division. I still vividly remember the feeling. A gut-wrenching stress triggered by symbols that refused to make sense, numbers that seem to appear from nowhere, and concepts that ...

The UK government has given schools the green light to invite students back into physical classrooms, but they will be expected to test for COVID-19 every week at home. In a statement released over the weekend, Downing Street said many ...

Just as we start to ease back into some normality, new variants of COVID-19 and concerns around the vaccination process globally have underscored the need to adapt and remain agile in an ever-changing environment.  The pandemic has had a very ...

An education expert is concerned that the increasing pressures and demands facing Australian teachers is limiting the spaces available for them to speak frankly about their emotions and learn from colleagues and mentors. Dr Saul Karnovsky spoke to Education Review ...

Victorian Education Minister James Merlino says "a number of courses of action" have been taken to address systemic racism in the largest regional school merger in the state. A damning report commissioned by the Victorian Department of Education found the Greater ...

The teaching of fractions is often identified as the point in primary school instruction when the 'wheels tend to fall off’.  While there could be many reasons for this, the overuse of one preferred resource (e.g. circular discs) at the ...

The former headmaster of one of Melbourne’s most prestigious private schools has pleaded guilty to fraud after it was discovered he didn’t have any teaching qualifications. Former Caulfield Grammar School headmaster Neil Lennie entered the pleas in the County Court of Victoria ...

A new article highlights how teachers believe they have to hide their emotions in the profession, which is correlating with both mental health problems and high rates of burnout in the sector. In a piece published in The Conversation, Curtin ...

Teenagers are dominating presentations to hospital for sunburn, sparking the Cancer Council’s SunSmart team to call for better education in high schools. New data shows presentations to Victorian hospital emergency departments for sunburn last summer were highest among teenagers. The ...

A South Australian school is doubling down on efforts to reduce stress and anxiety among students. Working with Concordia College, Flinders University researchers last year pinpointed three wellbeing priorities for the whole school – psychological skills, body image education, and ...