Teacher editor Jo Earp explores a project helping schools use evidence-informed approaches to support staff wellbeing.

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.

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

‘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.’

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

Jacynta Krakouer provides a snapshot of Making school meaningful for Indigenous learners, which has practical tools for teachers wanting to improve outcomes for Indigenous students.

Last month, Teacher reported on a study published about the link between school mobile phone bans and student achievement. As a follow-up, Roger Broadie and Mal Lee challenge the findings.

Initiatives aimed at improving attendance and retention rates in a remote Indigenous school have paved the way for a rise in students interested in pursuing tertiary education and career pathways.

Why should schools seek to develop innovative learning environments? What do they look like internationally? Who are the educators? An OECD report explored the topic.

Teachers planning theme-based units, displays and assemblies will find ideas in this round-up of celebrations and commemorations for 2015.