Recently the winner of the Global Schools Prize was announced – chosen from over 3,000 nominations. Excitingly, Australia’s Larrakeyah Primary School in Darwin were named as a finalist for the prize. In this episode, Dominique Beech is joined by Fathma Mauger to hear all about the custom-built AI writing platform they were recognised for. 

A survey of teachers in Australia has examined teacher perspectives on the role of teachers and schools in fostering respectful debate and discussion of contemporary issues. Survey topics include teacher confidence in facilitating discussions, and the barriers they face.

New research involving almost 4,000 students aged 13-18 in the UK has found many are divided over appropriate use of AI in their homework and a majority would like to see their teachers use AI in the classroom. The research also asked students and their teachers what support they would like to receive on AI. Find out more in this article. 

In this episode of The Research Files, editor Jo Earp is joined by Professor Sandra Gattenhof and Dr John Nicholas Saunders who share findings from their study exploring declining enrolment numbers in year 12 arts subjects in Australia. They also talk about the implications for schools, including the arts educator pipeline, and practical supports for out-of-field teachers.

At EDUtech 2026, the Teacher team caught the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge presentation hosted by Lisa van Beeck, ACER Research Fellow and Project Director for the challenge. In this exclusive video for Teacher readers, we recorded the presentation in full. You’ll hear van Beeck walk delegates through the challenge itself and highlight the suite of teacher resources designed to support it.

Absent students miss more than just lesson content; they miss the opportunities to build the habits and skills to succeed at school and in life. New OECD research shows ‘school attendance problems are no longer a marginal issue; they have become a challenge affecting classrooms in nearly every country’.

A UK study involving over 125,000 children and young people has shown an uptick in enjoyment of reading and daily reading habits. Latest findings also include gender differences for reading habits, and insights into what encourages young people to read for pleasure.

A new report has revealed the most popular ebook genres for K-12 students. The results were calculated by analysing 2025 data from all schools serving students in K-12 across Australia that use the Sora student reading app. Here, we share the most popular genres by state and territory. 

In this podcast, Dominique Beech hears from Joanna Baker, Head of Campus at Haileybury Pangea – the fully online campus of Haileybury, and independent co-educational school. The online campus serves approximately 180 students from a range of backgrounds across Australia and in this episode we hear all about what it’s like to teach students in a virtual classroom setting.

In her latest Teacher column, Associate Principal Rachael Lehr shares how insights from mindset coach and author Ben Crowe about the ‘dreaded “E” word’ have prompted her to reflect on what it means to hold high expectations in ways that give purpose and build aspiration for students and staff, rather than add pressure or burden.