‘Too often service is given a polite pat on the back for being “nice” while simultaneously being positioned somewhere to the left of the “serious business of education”. But both research and practice tell a different story.’

In the second part of our Q&A on staging a successful school exhibition, Kara Blond, Director of Exhibitions at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, takes us through the roles and skills needed to stage and manage an exhibition.

Professor Geoff Masters AO and Robert Marshall discuss school improvement, effective assessment and the current grading system.

Collaboration is the key word at this year’s Excellence in Professional Practice Conference, as members of the education community share their stories of school-based improvement projects.

Encouraging students to continue STEM studies in secondary school and beyond includes giving them information about STEM-related careers.

A coding club and inviting research scientists to speak to students at lunch times are two of the ways this school is working with its parent community to develop STEM learning.

How incorporating hands-on tasks has increased engagement in one educator’s science classroom.

Why can it be so hard to generate improvement that is sustainable? Robert Marshall discusses.

Touch-screen tablets are not only being used in primary and secondary classrooms, pre-schools are also employing the technology as a literacy learning tool.

How schools and communities around the world have tackled issues affecting the delivery of education.