This story appeared in the October 2013 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
Appetite for significant curriculum reform is brewing, as experts warn Australia risks lagging behind on the international stage when it comes to ensuring all students – but especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds – reap the benefits of a ...
At 11 years old, Aschila watched her life unravel as conflict swept through her village in northwestern Ethiopia.
Primary and secondary students are learning about ocean acidification with no mention of fossil fuels and researching carbon capture technologies through museum classroom materials adorned with gas company branding.
For what seems like an eternity now, Northern Territory’s regional and remote schools have largely been staffed with a revolving door of short-term teachers, parachuting in for their obligatory two years mostly in a rural school, and then gone, ne...
Victorian public school teachers, principals and education support staff representatives have rallied today on the steps of the state’s Parliament House.
News Corp have been accused of engaging in ‘lazy, click-bait journalism’, as some 41 education heavyweights sign an open letter imploring the media organisation to immediately stop the publication of ‘crude’ and harmful school league tables based ...
Dear Victorian Education Minister Ben Carroll, a teacher stabbed a principal on Tuesday, and I can only see that his actions are a very clear symptom of a system that is broken.
Search engines will be required to blur pornography and high-impact violence as tech giants prepare to comply with Australia's social media ban.
Experts are urging parents, carers and teachers to stay vigilant in the face of the new age restrictions for under 16s, with a continued need to strengthen safeguards, clean up harmful content and build digital literacy skills.
A parliamentary inquiry into boys’ education has been called for by the Federal Opposition, as a growing body of experts warn boys’ worsening underperformance and over-representation among the most academically at-risk students amounts to one of t...
