A prestigious school in Victoria is facing backlash from parents and students after banning water bottles in the classroom. Ballarat Clarendon College announced it was starting a “water trial” for students in Years 5 to 9, which will see students leave their drink ...

Children today are growing up surrounded by technology. So it’s easy to assume they will be able to write effectively using a keyboard. But our research suggests this is not necessarily true. We need to actively teach students to be ...

More than 4000 NSW teachers who left the classroom to take administrative roles such as assistant and deputy principal will have to return to the classroom. In one of the Minns government’s most significant school overhauls, the Coalition's Local Schools, ...

Content warning: This article refers to sexual assault, sexual harassment, sex trafficking and human trafficking. Support resources can be found here. A new piece of research has found Romanian-based self-proclaimed misogynist 'manfluencer' Andrew Tate promoted a culture of domination and ...

How poor classroom acoustics are linked to lower skill levels in students. If you feel you’re struggling to maintain discipline and cooperation, and your students’ motivation and engagement levels are lacking, it may have something to do with the way ...

How technology will connect educators and students, and usher in a new age of smart schools. Schools are becoming increasingly technology rich. Many provide connected devices for students or have programs that enable students to bring their own devices (BYOD). ...

The Teaching Teams trial promises teacher education students and their supervisors a new approach to self-reflection and assessment. With the current push for new teachers who are ‘classroom ready’, it’s no wonder our teacher education students, teachers and schools are ...

Just south of the border between England and Scotland and west of the rugged Pennines lies the University of Cumbria. There, this week, director of the Melbourne Educational Research Institute professor John Hattie urged teachers to give social media a go in ...

Say what you want about Where the Forest Meets the Sea or Storm Boy, because overall, we beat the English at their own linguistic learning game. Dr Paul Gardner from Curtin University’s School of Education has found we are better ...

The world of Minecraft is not flat, nor round. It’s square. Even the cupcakes at the computer game’s promotional stand at EduTECH were square. But, despite their unusual shape, the baked goods weren’t the focus. Rather, teachers’ eyes were glued ...