The one report on teaching you need to read

By Rachel Wilson

There’s a lot going on in the world, so you’d be forgiven for missing a big story that was announced nearly two weeks ago. It’s certainly bigger than Rupert Murdoch’s sixth fiancée , and Taylor Swift’s hotel choices, but naturally got a lot less coverage. Although confronting troubles around the world desperately deserve immediate attention,

Descale the arts machine now

By Andrew Pennay

The latest QTAC report is out, advertising (let’s face it) the ways that all general senior subjects in

The brand new syllabus should let the music play

By James Humberstone

The NSW Year 7 to 10 Music syllabus is the most important in Australia. The NSW government last reviewed and renewed it in 2003, so the recent publishing of a new version, to be taught from 2026, was a once-in-a-generation opportunity,to create a world-leading syllabus embracing  latest research and drawing on the most engaging and

The exhilarating benefits of life on campus: friends and frenemies

By Vladimir Smirnov and Andrew Wait

As we approach the commencement of the academic semester, it is evident that a significant portion of teaching

Andrew Tate’s toxic trap and how it harms girls and women

By Stephanie Wescott and Steven Roberts

In early 2023, the UK media began reporting the presence of Andrew Tate’s ideas and messaging in schools,

After all this time, are we in Accord now?

Federal Minister for Education Jason Clare released the final Universities Accord report on Sunday. Experts for EduResearch Matters respond. From left to right: Andrew Norton, professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy at the Australian National University; Gwilym Croucher, associate professor, in the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education; Jess Harris, associate

Dude, here’s how to get fizzle in your conclusion?

For students in ancient history, generic writing advice is insufficient. Advice about structure, such as, say what you are going to say, say it, then say what you have said, or acronyms, such as PEEL (Point Example Elaboration Link) emphasize repetition and connecting ideas. They aren’t much help to students needing to evaluate historical figures

School choice: why are more parents picking private over public?

By Helen Proctor in conversation with EduResearch Matters

More students than ever before are being enrolled in Australia’s private schools, according to new data on school choice from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Most states and territories have experienced a similar trend. Even before current increases Australia had among the highest proportion of kids enrolled at non government schools in the OECD. Why

Excellent: why do we need that rating for early childhood care?

By Melissa Duffy Fagan

Professional identity in the Australian early childhood education and care sector (ECEC) is strongly linked to quality assurance

What teachers need now to survive (hint: not this old trick)

By Julianna Libro

The advice given to teachers entering the classroom for the first time is often ‘Don’t smile until Easter’. The expression suggests hostility, attempting to place the teacher as the enforcer and the one who will wield the power for the year.  While the phrase might still ring true for some teachers, we, as teachers, are