Education Note

Last week’s exploration of the The 2026 Skills Horizon considered four leadership clashes and how competing expectations are adding to…

Last week’s exploration of The 2026 Skills Horizon considered five shifts reshaping leadership values, technology, accountability, trust and energy. But…

Last week’s introduction to The 2026 Skills Horizon, research from Sydney Executive Plus at the University of Sydney Business School,…

What will educational leaders need to lead well into the future? There is a growing sense across education that the…

Twenty years ago, school leaders were asking: How do we get more technology into classrooms? Today, increasingly, they are being…

What if one of the biggest threats to principal wellbeing isn’t simply workload but the constant complexity of navigating it?…

The recent bower(schools) National Sharing Conference provided a valuable opportunity for educators to come together for a day of practical…

School leaders often expect tears in difficult meetings—but not tears of relief.  Yet these moments occur when families feel genuinely…

A recent news article highlighting allegations of sexualised behaviour between young children at school draws attention to one of the most…

School leaders are increasingly required to respond to complex behavioural incidents while maintaining safe learning environments and supporting the wellbeing of every child.  As…

Every day, school leaders are called upon to respond to situations involving violence, drug-related incidents, self-harm, suicidality, sexualised behaviours, child protection concerns…

Lee Crockett’s 2026 paper, The Leadership Pressure Triangle, offers a timely reflection on the realities of contemporary school leadership. Published this year as…