Announcing the recipients of the Penguin Children’s Bookseller Grant See which bookstores have been named recipients of the Penguin Children’s Bookseller Grant. Established to recognise and empower booksellers who are passionate about inspiring the next...
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The Reading Instruction Show’s Substack by Dr Andy Johnson Nov 4, 2025 Recently, somebody cited the National Reading Panel Report as clearly “proving” that synthetic phonics instruction should be used with all beginning and struggling readers. If you’re going to...
SchoolNews by Shannon Meyerkort 20 November 2025 Since 1987, thousands of young readers across New South Wales have celebrated the very best in Australian children’s literature through the Kids Own Australian Literature Awards — better known as the KOALAs. Unlike most...
theeducator by Brett Henebery 19 Nov 2025 Every teacher has a story about workload, burnout, or what keeps them in the job, but those stories rarely cut through the politics. The Australian Teacher Workforce Survey is one of the few chances teachers get to put real...
November is a very special month for the Laureate Program, but also one tinged with sadness as we prepare to farewell our current Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin.But mostly it is a celebration – and we will be sharing lots of precious memories,...
A new Ambassador video has been added to our 2025 Symposium this month making six under the theme of We all like a good story-imagine the possibilities. In her video, Merrki Ganambarr-Stubbs, a teacher in north-east Arnhem Land, talks about how important it is that...
SchoolNews October 2025 by Shannon Meyerkort The McKell Institute’s new report, Freeing Teachers to Teach, argues that Australia’s education reforms must focus on reducing teacher administrative workloads—not centralising lesson planning. “The report responds to the...
The Educator 31 October 2025 Australia’s education system is on the cusp of major changes, with the federal and state governments agreeing to a raft of reforms aimed at making schools fairer, better funded, and more effective. At the recent Education Ministers...
Australia Reads n our Understanding Australian Readers research report, behavioural scientists at Monash University broke down the act of reading into a series of behaviours: from finding and choosing books, to actually starting and continuing to read, to reflecting...
