Back to school after the holidays: 10 tips for a smoother return
Help children settle back into school after the winter holidays with 10 practical tips for routines, lunches, sleep, organisation and first-week worries....
23 July, 2026
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Victoria’s school reports are set to change. What’s changing?
Recently, the Victorian government announced it is revamping its student reporting for public schools. What does this mean for teachers and families? asks Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh and Lucas Walsh...
18 July, 2026
Childcare workers have been guaranteed a pay bump. What’s the fine print?
The government says combined with other changes to the minimum wage, this will mean about $255 more per week for a typical full-time educator, compared to December 2024....
17 July, 2026
Gifted Kids Need Support Too: Why Some Bright Children Are Being Missed
Experts say gifted children need better recognition and support at school — and more teacher training may be the key....
07 June, 2026
$2.5m boost to help teachers crack the maths code in school classrooms
Teaching maths in school isn’t easy — especially when one classroom can include children working at very different levels. A new $2.5 million investment aims to give teachers clearer, more practical tools to help every student keep up. Helping teachers teach maths — step by step La...
16 May, 2026
Trauma follows children into the classroom. A new teaching model is changing that.
Traumatic experiences can have ripple effects that permeate across many aspects of people’s lives, reports Tom Brunzell For students, adverse childhood experiences have been shown to impact attention, memory, language development and relational functioning – the exact skills learning relies on. Students who have experienced childhood aversity can often act...
26 April, 2026
Homework or Copy-Paste? Why It’s Harder Than Ever for Kids to Know What’s ‘Original’
With Google, YouTube and AI tools at their fingertips, today’s kids can access information instantly—but knowing what counts as their own work is becoming increasingly blurred. Here’s what parents need to understand about plagiarism now. The new reality: information everywhere For today’s students, information isn’t something they...
26 March, 2026
Victorian public school teachers want a 4-day week trial. What could this mean for schools?
When we think about jobs you can do from home, you may not immediately picture a school teacher, write researchers Fiona Longmuir and Tim Delany, Monash University. But as Victoria debates a new right to work from home, the state’s teachers are asking what this...
18 March, 2026
Improving teacher job satisfaction through job crafting ≠ longer hours
Teacher retention remains a significant concern in Australia, with stress, burnout, and job dissatisfaction being major contributors to educators leaving the profession, writes Hugh Gundlach Numerous studies and media reports highlighting declining job satisfaction and deteriorating wellbeing among teachers make attracting new applicants challenging as well. Declining...
01 March, 2026
School principals say violence is normal in their jobs
‘I had a recurring dream I was shot in the head’ said one male principle. Lucas Walsh, Christine Grice, Jane Wilkinson and Tim Delany report on the current position in Australian schools. Principals’ jobs have always been stressful, involving a constant juggle to meet the needs...
17 February, 2026