In today’s Global Education podcast we’re joined by Dr Pauline Martinot, the lead author of the groundbreaking French study that points to the first year of school as the time and place where a maths gender gap emerges in favour of boys. Dr Martinot shares how her colleagues went about conducting the study of over 2.6 million children, some key findings, and the impact of this research on schools and teachers around the world. 

In this episode of Behaviour Management, Teacher’s Dominique Russell is joined by Associate Professor Brendon Hyndman from Charles Sturt University to share 6 key areas of consideration for schools to support student wellbeing by setting up for healthy play behaviours at school. 

Teacher Editor Jo Earp is joined by Dan McShea, Foundation Principal of Notre Dame P-12 College in Queensland, for the final episode in Series 3 of our School Assembly podcast series, where we have been following Dan’s journey as he builds a new school from the ground up. 

‘If we want to set the next generation up to thrive in an increasingly digital world, then we need real-world strategies that are created with them, not just for them.’ In today’s article, the Alannah & Madeline Foundation share why they embraced the voices of children and young people when co-designing their online safety and digital literacy education initiative, eSmart.

We’ve reached the penultimate episode of Series 3 of our podcast series School Assembly. Teacher editor Jo Earp talks to Notre Dame P-12 College Principal Dan McShea about distributed leadership and developing a leadership pipeline in a new school. Dan also shares his biggest challenge, key learning and proudest achievement since last month’s episode. 

To celebrate our 100th episode of The Research Files podcast series, the team at Teacher have delved into the archives to choose clips from our favourite episodes. In this very special episode, you hear from your regular hosts Jo Earp, Rebecca Vukovic and Dominique Russell, as well as and a whole lot of guests including researchers, teachers and school leaders. 

The 2025 Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA) National Conference, taking place from 26 to 29 August in Brisbane, is shaping up to be one of the most significant and inspiring events on this year’s professional learning calendar for primary school leaders across Australia. 

In this edition of Researching education: Five further readings, we’re sharing resources on mathematics education in primary and secondary, including on teaching finance, mathematics anxiety and more. 

'In embracing EdChat, we chose responsiveness over rigidity, learning over waiting, and trust over control.’ In his latest column, Professor Martin Westwell – Chief Executive of the South Australian Department for Education – shares the thinking behind a generative AI chatbot that has been custom-built for teaching and learning, and its initial impact.

Alongside the exciting opportunities for AI to support teaching and learning, there are challenges and risks. In this special podcast Teacher editor Jo Earp talks to Dr Katie Richardson, Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research.