Long reads

For youngsters with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), an excursion can be a real challenge. Find out about a project offering support for students and their teachers.

Setting high expectations, putting faces on the data and making student growth visible to the whole community has helped accelerate literacy learning at this school.

Students say a peer mentoring program linking their school with a local university has helped make science learning more relevant to the real world.

Teacher contributor Hedley Willsea offers his tips on how fellow educators can share their work with the wider community by getting published.

How a joint venture to support pre-service educators is improving teacher retention for Northern Territory schools.

Real reform and significant progress in improving the quality and equity of Australian schooling depend on tackling our deepest and most stubborn educational challenges, writes Professor Geoff Masters AO.

‘Perhaps the greatest benefit of teaching and learning through pictures is two-fold: imaginations can be primed and personal responses can be triggered as the foundation of a full critical analysis.’

An independent study shows 26 per cent of Australians aged 12 to 17 participate in some form of piracy activity.

In the final instalment of his six-part series, Mal Lee discusses the impact of digital technology on student learning.

At this Darwin preschool, teaching sustainable, healthy garden practices has helped connect youngsters to their multicultural community.