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'I've been a teacher for 10 years. Here are 7 sides of the job no one talks about.'

'For years my ex had zero interest in our son's school sport. Then he got good at it.'

'It's a lot of pain for not a lot of gain.' Why Australia is running out of teachers.

The story that horrified the world is the inspiration for movie May December.

'I'm a teacher buying school supplies for kids who can't afford them. It's crippling me.'

'Up to $2000 per child': The cost of school supplies is crippling parents.

Why you need to think twice before posting your child’s back to school photos.

Exactly how much it costs to put kids through school in 2024.

8 well-known Aussie women share their final Year 12 mark. And whether it actually mattered.

'I was once where your child sat.' A letter to parents battling with school refusal.

This is what schools are doing to combat men like Andrew Tate. But will it work?

Teachers working together more could help them enjoy work. But do they agree?

'I was friends with Chris Dawson's second wife. This is what she told me.'

The one thing missing from the conversation around consent education.

'If you didn't do well at school, this is why it's okay.'

'Can they open their lunchbox?' 7 things your child should know by kindergarten.

'It's a waste of time.' 11 teachers and parents share what they really think of NAPLAN.

This teacher thinks NAPLAN lies to parents and their kids. Here's why.

'They made me physically sick': An educator on the problem with parent class WhatsApp groups.

The 5 unwritten rules of Book Week (because your survival is important to us).

Teachers

'For years Harmony Day has been my ethnic parents' worst nightmare.'

'I've spoken to over 35,000 boys in Australian schools. This is what I see.'

Yes, AI is disrupting Australian education. Matt Esterman thinks it's a good thing.

'My son was bullying other kids at school. When he told me why, it broke my heart.'

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‘My daughter gets a letter home from school every single day because of what she wears.'

The letter from a NSW school asking girls to dress more 'modestly'.

Violence, gossip and slander: Why your kids' principals are thinking about quitting.

'For years Harmony Day has been my ethnic parents' worst nightmare.'

'I've spoken to over 35,000 boys in Australian schools. This is what I see.'

Yes, AI is disrupting Australian education. Matt Esterman thinks it's a good thing.

Are mental health days helpful? An argument is raging that they're not.

'My son was bullying other kids at school. When he told me why, it broke my heart.'

'I've been a teacher for 10 years. Here are 7 sides of the job no one talks about.'

'For years my ex had zero interest in our son's school sport. Then he got good at it.'

'It's a lot of pain for not a lot of gain.' Why Australia is running out of teachers.

The story that horrified the world is the inspiration for movie May December.

'I'm a teacher buying school supplies for kids who can't afford them. It's crippling me.'

'Up to $2000 per child': The cost of school supplies is crippling parents.

Why you need to think twice before posting your child’s back to school photos.

Exactly how much it costs to put kids through school in 2024.

8 well-known Aussie women share their final Year 12 mark. And whether it actually mattered.

'I was once where your child sat.' A letter to parents battling with school refusal.

This is what schools are doing to combat men like Andrew Tate. But will it work?

Teachers working together more could help them enjoy work. But do they agree?

'I was friends with Chris Dawson's second wife. This is what she told me.'

The one thing missing from the conversation around consent education.

'If you didn't do well at school, this is why it's okay.'

'Can they open their lunchbox?' 7 things your child should know by kindergarten.

'It's a waste of time.' 11 teachers and parents share what they really think of NAPLAN.

This teacher thinks NAPLAN lies to parents and their kids. Here's why.

'They made me physically sick': An educator on the problem with parent class WhatsApp groups.

The 5 unwritten rules of Book Week (because your survival is important to us).

Teachers

'We had no sanitiser, no soap and minimal toilet paper': here's how teachers feel about going back to the classroom

"It's my head on the chopping block." A Year 12 teacher's open letter to parents.

"A slap in the face to all teachers." A teacher's message to the government on Q&A.

"We have never done this before, either." A message to parents, from a teacher.

Reese Witherspoon wanted to give teachers free dresses. But no good deed goes unpunished.

An ode to our teachers, who are proving to be true superheroes during the coronavirus outbreak.

"As an Australian teacher right now, I feel like a sacrificial lamb."

"I'll see 200 students today." 6 teachers on how it felt to arrive at work this morning.

'Isolate teachers over 60.' A Victorian teacher's plea to the Australian government.

"I'm so grateful for teachers like this." The beautiful note Leah's daughter received from her teacher.

'It's relentless and consuming.' The unseen mental load of being a teacher.

'I asked a teacher what she thought of my parenting. She told me... the truth.'

'After 5 years of teaching, I left the profession. No amount of money would get me back.'

"It's not a school's job to teach your children resilience. Teachers are busy enough already."

'One year had sex bets.' 6 teachers on their experiences with sexting at school.

5 teachers on when the parents misbehaved more than their students.

"I find it frustrating": 7 teachers on what they think about Victoria's mobile phone ban.

Just 5 pretty insulting questions we seriously have to stop asking teachers.

"I can't do that anymore." Why so many teachers are walking away from the career they loved.

17 hilarious memes that sum up exactly what it's like being a teacher.

'For years Harmony Day has been my ethnic parents' worst nightmare.'

'I've spoken to over 35,000 boys in Australian schools. This is what I see.'

Yes, AI is disrupting Australian education. Matt Esterman thinks it's a good thing.

'My son was bullying other kids at school. When he told me why, it broke my heart.'

Kids' Lunch Diaries: A mum of four shares exactly what they're eating this week.

The item Curtis Stone refuses to put in his kids' lunchboxes but his wife Lindsay will.

What I ate as an '80s child is very different from what my kids eat now.

10 lunchbox treats only 90s kids could get away with taking to school.

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