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15/12/2025

Building a Classroom Culture That Lasts

ASCD December 2, 2025 Catherine Cottingham Teachers spend weeks planning for the first days of school— preparing classroom environments, labeling cubbies, rehearsing arrival routines, and dreaming up community-building activities. Then the students

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12/12/2025

The Australian school spearheading an Indigenous language revival

The Guardian Decmber 2, 2025 by Ella Archibald-Binge, photographs by Carly Earl There are several words for “morning” in the Gumbaynggirr language but bambuuda is Anne-Marie Briggs’ favourite. Drawn from bamburr,

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11/12/2025

What is cross-pollinating mentorship and how can it shape the next generation of teachers?

SchoolNews October 22, 2025 by Shannon Meyerkort NSW Premier Chris Minns recently congratulated 15 of the state’s best teachers for their commitment to quality education, awarding them the 2026 Premier’s Teacher

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10/12/2025

Why Parents Aren’t Reading to Kids, and What It Means for Young Students

The74 by Jessika Harkay December 1, 2025 A 2019 Ohio State University study found a 5-year-old child who is read to daily would be exposed to nearly 300,000 more words than

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09/12/2025

News from Australian Children’s Laureate

Throughout 2024 and 2025 the ACLF has been proud to work with Bolinda Audio to cast a light on some of the incredible Australian children's books available as audiobooks.Every month

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08/12/2025

Is the focus on NAPLAN’s ‘top’ schools a good idea?

The Conversation December 3, 2025 by Sally Larsen On Wednesday, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority released the school-level results for this year’s NAPLAN tests. This reporting includes scores for

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05/12/2025

News from Reading Australia

It is with great pleasure that we announce the continuation of our partnership with the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in support of National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS)!NSS is an

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04/12/2025

New book: The Grown-Up’s Guide To Picture Books

Dr Kara Cain Gray A picture’s worth a thousand words, but a great picture book? Priceless! The Grown-Up’s Guide To Picture Books explores the complexities of modern picture books, from why our

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03/12/2025

Hearing Educator Perspectives: From ‘Evidence-Based Practice’ to Valuing the ‘Enriched Evidence-Based Practice’ of Education

20 November, 2025 Nicole Colleen Brunker, Michelle Hostrup, Virginia Moller, Alison Boyd-Boland, Grant Sciberras The intention of this discussion paper is to open conversation with educators to raise awareness to the

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02/12/2025

Freeing teachers to teach: The benefits, gains and impact on our classrooms

School News Shannon Meyerkort November 2025 The McKell Institute’s new report, Freeing Teachers to Teach, argues that Australia’s education reforms must focus on reducing teacher administrative workloads—not centralising lesson planning. “The report

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