Teacher’s Desk

Teacher sacked for reading bum book to students: the latest conservative book ban

Queer books for younger readers have saved lives, as children and teens who struggle with their own developing identity increasingly…

2 years ago

PISA score decline? Funding? Staff shortages? No, “the problem is the protection of teachers” according to Edu Minister

It's been a controversial week for the education sector as the federal education minister responded to falling PISA scores with…

2 years ago

How can Australia support more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers?

There is no shortage of media coverage about Closing the Gap in education. Yet we hear little about the role…

2 years ago

Op-Ed: How to support LGBTQIA+ students through school

Head of headspace Schools, Kristen Douglas tells us: Queer young people report significantly higher levels of loneliness, with almost two-thirds…

2 years ago

Still ‘Waiting for Gonski’ – a great book about the sorry tale of school funding

While recommending adequate funding for schools where students had greater needs, the review did not question or seek to resolve…

2 years ago

How to talk to children about the invasion of Ukraine, and why those conversations are important

If you are a parent, grandparent, teacher or educator, you may ask yourself: Should I talk to kids about these…

2 years ago

Australia’s education system is one of the most unequal in the OECD. But we know how to help fix it

Australia ranks in the bottom third of OECD countries in providing equitable access to quality education. This means our education…

2 years ago

‘I’m not going to waste my time on prayers’: how secular teachers navigate working in religious schools

The study showed teachers’ ethical struggles with student discipline in Catholic and Jewish schools. It revealed most teachers decided to…

2 years ago

Teachers don’t have enough time to prepare well for class. We have a solution

Almost all teachers (92%) in our study out today said they don’t have enough time to prepare effectively for classroom…

2 years ago

First, it’s not an instruction manual: 3 things education ministers need to know about the Australian Curriculum

Education ministers across the country will likely consider approving version 9.0 of the curriculum in early 2022. States and territories…

2 years ago

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