This story appeared in the November 2013 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
Assumptions, misconceptions, and stereotypes – no one wants to be judged by how they look or where they’re from. But for many Black African students, that’s their reality and it’s taking a serious toll on their wellbeing and sense of belonging.
Too many Australian teachers are suffering digital burnout and operate in a culture where it’s entirely normal to hit up colleagues with lesson ideas via WhatsApp at 11pm each night, an expert has said.
The Australian Curriculum is moving ever so slightly with the times, when it comes to climate change education.
For more than a decade Māori and Pacific students have been recognised as ‘priority learners’ in New Zealand, a label which Dr Melissa Derby says is shallow, lazy and doing more harm than good.
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A very welcome government decision was made in NSW last week to scrap mandatory mathematics in NSW for Years 11 and 12.
The Greens and child safety advocates have called into question the integrity of the Association of Independent Schools of NSW, following revelations that one of its members remained on its board for more than two decades after being convicted of ...
Being a teacher is the best job in the world. You get to be there for the big moments our amazing little people turn into ‘who’ they are going to be and make the big connections with the world around them. You also get to be there for the worst of...
An exciting new short course is aiming to give teachers important skills to support students on the autism spectrum reach their full potential in the classroom.
A second pathway has opened up for new protections against religious discrimination and schools prejudicing LQBTQI+ staff and students becoming law.