Educators have a range of data sources at their fingertips. At this Tasmanian school, the emphasis is on interpreting this data and putting it to good use.

Welcome to an exciting new chapter in the life of Teacher magazine.

This month we find out how bringing everyday items like milk crates and hay bales into primary school playgrounds could boost student fitness.

Undertaking postgraduate study, particularly a doctorate, is a big commitment, but as Terry Evans explains, there are ways to make part-time study complement your work and home lives.

Research suggests we have too many and too few teachers, but where we do have real shortages we need both to retain locally trained teachers and attract them from overseas. Danielle Roddick reports.

Your GST Compliance obligations can be complex and time consuming, so it’s well worth getting a good understanding of them.

Catherine Scott reports on research that shows people from any ability range or age group can increase their capacity to learn.

In Episode 2 of The Research Files, Teacher speaks to Dr Michelle Anderson and Dr Emma Curtin, co-authors of the LLEAP Survey Report 2013.

Dave Tout explains why Australia’s 2012 PISA results in mathematics and numeracy paint a worrying picture.

Giving students time to think, and changing the way you respond to their thoughts, allows you to withhold judgement, as Stephen Keast and Rebecca Cooper explain.