I'm really excited to have my opinion piece featured in the Sydney Morning Herald. Thanks for amplifying a teacher's voice! www.smh.com.au/national/hey...
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Every day across Australia, teachers - most of whom are women - are in far more volatile situations than Bob was this week, handling challenging exchanges with professionalism, composure, and without resorting to threats of violence.

My thoughts here: melanieralph.com/2025/08/30/i...

Through a culture of high stakes testing & ‘audit culture’ in education, we've created a climate of standardized, neat conformity. As a result, kids are understandably tempted to produce neat, standardized answers using AI. Is anyone surprised?I’m not. #education #ai
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While Adolescence is confronting, and a worst case scenario, Jamie’s attitude about women and violence hardly seems shocking when we peel our eyes off Netflix and examine the everyday sexism and misogyny that exists in our own communities, including schools.
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English teachers! Enjoy the first episode of this new podcast from Queensland, Australia. Ep. 1 with my dear friends: @drarnoldlive.bsky.social hosts a conversation with @melanieralph.bsky.social ✨

It was such a joy to join @drarnoldlive.bsky.social in conversation for the first episode of ETAQ's new podcast, Hoops of Steel. Episode 1 is called The Sisyphean Task of Teaching English. Listen on Apple or Spotify. www.etaq.org.au/podcasts.html #TeamEnglishOz #education #teaching

In my new blog post, I explore the ongoing binary in education which pits explicit teaching or direct instruction against discovery or inquiry learning, and call for a more nuanced conversation about pedagogy.

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Congratulations to Denise Walker on an incredible six decades in the classroom! "It's not a job, it's a career, it's in your heart," she says. A brilliant snapshot here of her journey - and she's signed up to teach again in 2025! Amazing. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

Important question, especially for English teachers: "What will become of literature — and indeed, of society — if men are no longer involved in reading and writing?"

We won! This week, at Bell Shakespeare's Shorts Festival Awards ceremony, we found out we won the Community Spirit award for our film Something Wicked This Way Comes.
If you'd like to watch the film and the award ceremony, click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVmf... #inclusiveeducation #education

"If the minister believes in public education, show us." Amazing speech here - it captures the sentiment of many in public education. Somehow, despite it all, we show up. Thank you @pennyallmanpayne.com for demanding more.

I'm thrilled to share that a film I made with students, called Something Wicked This Way Comes, has made the shortlist of the Bell Shakespeare's Shorts Festival! Out of 31 films, we've made the final 13. I look forward to sharing it after the awards ceremony later this month!

There’s a lot of noise about the ‘best’ approach to discipline in schools right now. Missing in much of the discussion has been the voices of Australian teachers, especially female Australian teachers. I’d like to change that.
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