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Top professionals find meaning in teaching Engineers, scientists and lawyers comprised 70% of all applicants for the 2019 Teach For Australia (TFA) cohort indicating that teaching offers the professional satisfaction that other careers don’t.

Maths Pathway raises $2.1 million to change the way mathematics is taught in schools Melbourne-based Maths Pathway is changing the way Year 5 to Year 10 students learn maths, leveraging technology, classroom best-practice and professional learning to enable teachers to target each student’s point of need. 

St Peter’s Girls’ School all in on interactive screens Promethean ActivPanels help to decentralise Middle School classroom spaces at St Peter’s Girls’ School in Adelaide, helping with student collaboration.

Workplace stress driving teachers to consider resignation Educators pursuing psychological advice for a range of occupational issues has risen by 36% since 2013 and today, over one in ten (13%) is considering resignation according to new referrals data.

Billy Tea duo brings bush dance fun to schools The Billy Tea Bush Band has been traveling around Australia for the past decade, with the main objective of connecting school communities “one bush dance at a time”.

Australia languishes in the bottom third of comparable countries for education equality Australia does a lot of things well but promoting equality in education isn’t one of them, we rank in the bottom third of 40 comparable countries in this regard.

Outback schools need more local language aboriginal teachers It kind of makes sense: Aboriginal teachers who can teach in local languages are essential for remote Indigenous education.

Grants to boost makeyness in schools Grants between $2000 and $20,000 will be available to fund Maker Projects opening on Thursday 8 November. Grants are offered through two streams. Stream A is for primary and secondary schools.

90% of public school teachers use own money for student supplies So who needs funding? If a recent survey is to believed it’s public schools with 90% of teachers reaching into their own pockets to buy supplies for their students.

$1.5 mil funding for school leaders from Menzies Foundation New funding of $1.5 million from the Menzies Foundation over the next three years for school leaders is open for applications.

NT Education Awards: winners announced Teachers, principals and support staff have been honoured for the outstanding work they do at the annual Teaching in the Territory Excellence Awards, held at Parliament House on 26 October.

Advantaged schools get first dibs on the best teachers Australia allocates more and better teacher resources to socio-economically advantaged schools than to disadvantaged schools.