Taking issues like staffing, resources, explicit teaching, support for parents, wraparound services and funding into account means that NAPLAN results do not provide parents with a comprehensive guide of what a particular school can provide for their individual child....
Ashenden suggests that what needs fixing is not NAPLAN but the system which controls it. He suggests that the ‘system’ is a combination of state/territory and national agencies, including ACARA. The information generated about schools is used to report on the work of...
Quality Teaching Rounds are examined as a manageable and well researched response to the challenges schools face in inducting and retaining early career teachers. Each new year a challenge which many schools face is the very problematic and ongoing issue of teacher...
In the UK, 2026 has been declared The National Year of Reading, the first Children’s Booker prize will be launched, and free books and library cards are being provided for babies. These are responses to the current context in which, according to the National Literacy...
The Educator by Brett Henebery St Raphael’s School Principal Emma Fowler has taken out two of South Australia’s top education honours, earning recognition as both Leader of the Year and Innovative Educator of the Year at the 2025 EdTechSA and Educators SA World...
It’s time to get voting for your favourite Australian picture book. Here’s how the Guardian’s poll works. Click here.
The Educator Aspiring teachers can now apply for scholarships worth up to $40,000, with the next round of the Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships Program officially open for 2026 starters. It’s the third year of the government’s $160m scheme, which is offering 5,000...
The Guardian 27 December, 2025 by Walter Marsh …“I think my work is often misunderstood,” Tan says of Outer Suburbia’s look and feel. “I’m always at pains to say my style is not ‘quirky’, it’s not ‘weird’. It’s about normal things, normal feelings. They’re just...
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