You know one good thing to come for K-12 educators in the COVID-19 crisis? It’s that the impetus for public school teachers to engage in fundraising and ‘friendraising’ (the euphemism for ‘community building’) has been put on the back burner.
Us teachers have probably been too busy moving to online delivery to notice. That’s for those of us who aren’t ...
A public speaking curriculum should be delivered in all Australian schools so children learn the essential tools and techniques needed to succeed in business and in life, a renowned communications expert has urged.
Students have returned to school following the holiday break, but one cohort in Broken Hill is reuniting for the first time in months.
A new annual report into the state of Indigenous education, what is working and what is not, and how we map a way to a better future, was released yesterday.
Despite her extensive research into improving the classroom experience for students with ADHD, Dr Kathy Gibbs says there’s no magic bullet that can douse the learning and behavioural challenges that so often come with the condition.
As the Albanese Government announced around $17 million in vital infrastructure projects for South Australian public schools today, new research shows it’s just a drop in the ocean in terms of the urgent need for full funding of public schools in ...
When Dr Tanya Evans, head of the Mathematics Education Unit at the University of Auckland, first came across inquiry-based learning, she admits for a moment she was sold.
A free online mental health platform, co-designed by young people, has been launched to tackle the ongoing children’s mental health crisis.
It’s widely known that long-term recreational exercise has a range of benefits for kids’ physical and mental health, not just while they’re young, but also down the track well into their adulthood.
A popular teaching tactic used to hone students’ focus has amounted ‘insufficient evidence’ to show it actually boosts learning, two researchers have concluded.
April is Autism Awareness Month in Australia, so this is a great time as a school community to think, talk and plan what you can do to support students and families who are touched by autism.
