Teacher’s Desk

EXCLUSIVE: Teachers battle toxic culture, bullied in team meetings

Benny, a secondary college teacher and Bianca, a Victorian primary school teacher, recounted the toxic culture they have faced in…

4 years ago

Teachers are expected to put on a brave face and ignore their emotions. We need to talk about it

I wanted to find out how someone who wants to become a teacher learnt what they should or should not…

4 years ago

Op-Ed: Linking character education & wellbeing with community service learning

Schools are realising that providing a structured service-learning component to education is an essential part of building character and educating…

4 years ago

Fast track for top teachers to become principals

Each year 30 excelling teachers and 20 teaching graduates can apply to participate in a new NSW government program to…

4 years ago

‘The stories a nation tells itself matter’: how will the COVID generation remember 2020?

The COVID generation might also remember living in families where precarity and uncertainty were daily realities. The pandemic has functioned…

4 years ago

Remote learning didn’t affect most NSW primary students in our study academically. But well-being suffered

"We’ve got massive amounts of anxiety in our students. From physical behaviour, oppositional behaviours, kids not wanting to come to…

4 years ago

Rural teaching plan unveiled by gov

Teachers in regional and rural schools can now apply to join a new leadership program that aims to develop the…

5 years ago

EXCLUSIVE: The problem with cultures of privilege when you’re building a kid

Adam Voigt: "I’m so proud that we avoided the boastful, arrogant gimmickry that our highest fee-sucking private schools plaster across…

5 years ago

Want your school on the cover of School News? Tell us your STEAM initiatives

School News is on the hunt for schools doing fantastic STEAM-related things we can feature in our upcoming Term One…

5 years ago

Out-of-hours email controversy escalates between teachers and parents

Email is accessible, easy, and a convenient way for teachers to communicate with parents and students but is it evil?

5 years ago

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