Long reads

One of the biggest challenges we face in school education is to raise the status of teaching as a career choice, to attract more able people into teaching and to develop teaching as a knowledge-based profession, writes Professor Geoff Masters AO.

Melissa Hughes discusses the development of critical thinking skills in a changing landscape.

For youngsters with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), an excursion can be a real challenge. Find out about a project offering support for students and their teachers.

Schools must work with parents to ensure they receive useful, meaningful information about their child's learning, says Professor Dylan Wiliam.

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.

Teacher contributor Hedley Willsea offers his tips on how fellow educators can share their work with the wider community by getting published.

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

Real reform and significant progress in improving the quality and equity of Australian schooling depend on tackling our deepest and most stubborn educational challenges, writes Professor Geoff Masters AO.

An independent study shows 26 per cent of Australians aged 12 to 17 participate in some form of piracy activity.

In the final instalment of his six-part series, Mal Lee discusses the impact of digital technology on student learning.