We are trading one problem — not enough teachers — for another and much deeper problem: lesser qualified teachers.
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Burnout, behavioral issues and a lack of support are 3 reasons why special education teachers are leaving the profession.
Schools seeking to retain teachers might consider a proven professional development model: supporting collaborative teacher-led research.
Some government reforms to initial teacher training appear to have actually suppressed the number of people who can be trained.
An education professor explains how a hit TV show about a struggling school became a jumping-off point for a course about urban education.
Looser requirements for teacher certification don’t fix teachers’ problems, which are low pay, high workload and lack of respect.
New Grattan Institute analysis shows there are more than 100,000 teaching assistants in classrooms across the country.
Three years observing in a public school has given one scholar a close-up look at the sweeping challenges in public education.
Education experts say putting student teachers in classrooms risks seeing teacher attrition levels like we have never seen before.
A new study finds a three-year trial of the ‘reflective circles’ approach to peer support offers a way forward for teachers whose already stressful jobs have become even tougher during the pandemic.
Difficulties in attracting and retaining teachers have a lot to do with the conditions they find themselves working in. Here are 3 ways to develop a school system that’s fairer and better for all.
Paying good teachers more sounds like a great idea. The problem is the research on performance pay shows it’s counterproductive – and inflicting it on a system in crisis is terrible timing.
High-stress schools undermine teachers’ commitment and risk losing even more from the profession at a time of growing staff shortages. But schools can take steps to reduce the causes of stress.
Schools barely rated a mention in the election campaign. But the incoming Albanese government faces a sector in crisis.
The 2022 election campaign has not exactly been a policy fest. And one critical area we have heard very little about is schools.
The plans to keep schools open through the wave of Omicron infections fail to take into account the particular challenges of staffing rural and remote schools.
A study identified secular teachers’ struggles working in Jewish religious schools in Australia, the US and Israel. Some teachers resigned, others adapted, and others opposed the system from inside.
We investigated the initiatives schools around the world took to help support and maintain the well-being of their students and staff. We pulled out seven things that made a difference.
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Senior Research DECRA Fellow, Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University
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Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Learning Sciences, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Education, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in the Institute of Education, Arts and Community, Federation University Australia
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Assistant Professor of Elementary Education—Literacy, Illinois State University
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Principal Advisor Education, Grattan Institute
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Visiting Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership, UMass Lowell
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Professor, School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Education Leadership, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Education, Iowa State University
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Executive Dean, Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor Susan Ledger, Head of School - Dean of Education, University of Newcastle, NSW., University of Newcastle
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Lecturer in Education, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University