After the release of December’s disappointing PISA results, student achievement, teacher quality, curriculum content and quality-assurance measures were destined to be on the table at the Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration, which concluded on December 12. Here are some of ...

As someone who was a teacher in a former life, I can relate to the common description of teaching as a largely thankless job. Often it’s not until years later that a teacher will be approached by a student they ...

A diverse school workforce is the key to a successful school, according to a new report released by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL), the country’s federally funded body for excellence in teaching and leadership. Entitled Spotlight: ...

The quality of Australia’s trainee teachers is again under fire, with one in 10 failing the literacy and numeracy test required to teach. The Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) is a federal initiative and was created ...

Deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek wants Australian teachers to be the cream of the student crop. Following Finland's lead, last week, she reiterated a policy prefaced in September last year that would bar students with an ATAR below 80 from entering the ...

  Innovation is flourishing as our schools explore new strategies for teachers’ personal development, ranging from social media to video to face-to-face discussion. By Antonia Maiolo. Schools, teachers and organisations in Australia are taking up innovative approaches to support professional ...

An online learning program designed for pre-service teachers is giving them the support they need, and putting them in touch with other educators.     A free online teacher professional learning program has been released to assist teachers and schools in ...

Classroom observations should focus on boosting the quality of teaching and learning, not evaluating individuals, an education publisher says The recent recommendation of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership to make lesson observations part of the teacher evaluation ...