For everyone School funding wars: when the rich win, the country loses Writer and lawyer MAEVE McGREGOR argues that the shameful inequity in Australia’s school funding amounts to state-sanctioned discrimination.
For everyone The Lowdown: You and your news In the era of algorithms feeding us individualised ‘news’, teaching media literacy might need to take a very different form.
TAFE & Adult Provision TAFE changes lives Former Professional Writing and Editing student Les Zigomani is just one example of the way TAFE can transform its students’ lives, writes EDWINA PRESTON.
For everyone TV review: The First Inventors, SBS This eye-opening doco series with a big, generous heart should be mandatory viewing in all schools, writes STEPHEN A RUSSELL.
For everyone Dancing into the future If we follow the ‘education map’ too rigidly, and stop trusting our instincts, we might find ourselves a long way from our destination, argues TRAVIS MCKENZIE.
For everyone Licence to chill If we can just step away form the glue gun and let kids improvise, Book Week should continue to meet its original, low-key premise for many generations to come, argues A.J. BETTS.
For everyone Film review: Shayda, Madman Entertainment Iranian-Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari’s debut is an arresting feature about the horrific scourge of domestic violence.
For everyone Recipe: Curriculum Day Crack Needing a super-simple sweet treat to get you through those long days of marking? Look no further.
For everyone Book review: Can’t Not Won’t, Eliza Fricker A short and sweet guide to help anyone navigating the terrain of autism and anxiety in children.
TAFE & Adult Provision TAFE teachers: a goldmine EDWINA PRESTON: With too many teachers contemplating a return to industry, the government must recognise that TAFE is nothing without its teachers.
For everyone Ahead by a country mile During term time, most teachers go above and beyond in every aspect of their job – and they’ve got the step count to prove it.
For everyone The Lowdown: Reforming Roald MYKE BARTLETT: In updating classic children’s novels to be more inclusive for a contemporary readership, do we risk masking our progress?
For everyone The art of navigation: why teaching is more art than science TRAVIS MCKENZIE: Convinced the science of teaching has made a perfect map of education, we have taken our eyes off the road, certain that if we just follow the guidebooks we will get to our destination.
For everyone Whose side are you on? The future of education is too important to be reduced to simplistic debates about whether teaching is the worst or best gig in the world, argues ADAM VOIGT.
For everyone From the Ground Up: How a community with a vision and a principal with a purpose created a thriving state school Secondary school leader of four decades, principal and AEU PCA member Steven Cook offers his account of builing a successful school.
For everyone TV review: Rita Critically acclaimed Danish comedy–drama series about an acerbic school teacher, Rita doesn’t lose momentum across five seasons.
For everyone Tanya Plibersek: On her own terms Simons writes like a novelist, instantly drawing us into a riveting story of the longest-serving woman in Australia’s House of Representatives, Tanya Plibersek.
For everyone Film review: Sweet As Jub Clerc’s luminous debut feature is about a young woman struggling in a fractious home until her cop brother ships her onto an outback photography bus tour for troubled kids.
For everyone Trading places: young women are taking up the tools EDWINA PRESTON: The trades are not only, increasingly, a great option for girls and young women, they’ve got more cred than ever.
For everyone Reading is cool A.J. BETTS: Kids are not only reading, they’re boasting about it, loudly and proudly, with the help of their smartphones.