Professor Geoff Masters AO, Dr Michele Bruniges AM and Sir Michael Barber gathered last month to discuss assessment reform and innovation. Here's a taste of what they had to say.

Dave Tout discusses the first stage of connecting maths to the real world – negotiating a theme or context.

New international research suggests educators can play a pivotal role in fostering children's non-cognitive skills, without breaking the school budget.

What is photonics? And, how can you make it relevant to your students? Teacher turned to Australian photonics expert, Professor Tanya Monro, for help.

Christine Haynes reviews a robot construction kit, and discusses why robotics still appeals to tech-savvy teachers.

Teaching mathematics using a problem solving approach requires preparation if it is going to work. So, how do you go about it? Dave Tout outlines one possible process.

Once a fortnight Teacher ventures down to Room 3 – the basement archives at the Australian Council for Educational Research.

Suicide is a significant public health issue due to its serious social, emotional and economic consequences. So, what can schools do? Three experts discuss.

Are teenage students in Finland more likely to persevere with a problem than their counterparts in Australia? What about students in Shanghai or the US? Take a look at this Teacher infographic.

Dave Tout explores a teaching model that can provide students with the challenge, the motivation and the purpose for understanding mathematics.