Education

Government announces more school funding

The Federal Government has announced new school infrastructure funding, but should more be done to alleviate teacher shortages and workloads.

3 days ago

How to teach safe sexting

Sexting has become ordinary practice for the majority of teens. Should we be teaching them how to do it safely?

3 days ago

The role of kids TV in the classroom

Educators may be surprised at one of the findings of a national research project into the role of children’s television…

3 days ago

Pilot project to tackle teacher workload

A pilot program co-funded by the QLD and federal governments will aim to ease teacher workload and remove the administrative…

1 week ago

A ‘Closing the Gap’ explainer

Closing the Gap is a series of targets aimed at reducing inequalities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people - how does…

1 week ago

Should we stream maths classses?

It’s common to ‘stream’ maths classes. But grouping students by ability can lead to ‘massive disadvantage’

1 week ago

The alarming impact of ‘manfluencer’ culture on schools

Toxic masculinity and a rhetoric of male supremacy is causing concern among educators and prompting some women to leave the…

3 weeks ago

Ensuring that students with dyslexia learn effectively

Skye McLennan discusses how with whole of school support, students with dyslexia can thrive, both in and out of the…

4 weeks ago

Training to be a teacher 100 years ago

From washing to fraternisation to how they spent each hour of the day, the students’ lives were tightly regimented.

1 month ago

How educators can outsmart AI in the assessment stakes

Deploying some innovative strategies can make it harder for students to pass off polished prose as their own work.

1 month ago

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