education

Why are teachers mostly female? Because men get better pay in other professions

Clearly, the concentration of women in teaching is problematic from a gender equality perspective. Parents, students and schools value the…

5 years ago

Visibly sucking: real talk, real schools

was embarrassed. I was ashamed and I felt a little humiliated as the lesson finally drew to an awkward close…

5 years ago

School lockers, what’s the right combination?

Private schools in Australia generally have lockers for high school students to store their heavy bags inside, but many state…

5 years ago

Was teaching the right career for me?

Knowing what you know now, would you still choose to be a teacher if you could go back in time…

5 years ago

SA striking for first time in 10 years

South Australian teachers have been rallying for improved working and learning conditions while QLD schools campaign for human rights on Nauru…

5 years ago

How teachers can identify and help young people self-medicating trauma with drugs and alcohol

They may be constantly on-edge and on the look-out for danger. Trouble sleeping and concentrating are also common.

5 years ago

Safeguarding students from summer cyberbullying

Holidays can be a particularly vulnerable time for students whose families are struggling with grief, loss, poverty or family violence.

5 years ago

Gov injects $11.8m into school trial for language learning app

With the new funding, ELLA will be trialled for primary schools in foundation to year two (F-2) classes in 2019.

5 years ago

For the sake of kids, embrace math

Teachers in both Canada and Australia feel neither competent nor confident in math and, frankly, they are the first to…

5 years ago

Finkel: students, focus on your discipline then you’ll see your options expand

Cohort after cohort of school leavers keep repeating the pattern, and we continue to allow it – even encourage it.…

5 years ago

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