The Public Education Foundation is delighted to announce Ian Preston as the recipient of the 2025 Toyota Community Trust STEM Teachers Scholarship. This prestigious scholarship supports outstanding educators committed to advancing STEM education in public schools, with a focus on improving opportunities for students in rural and under-resourced communities. Ian Preston, Deputy Principal at Murrumbidgee Regional High School – Griffith, is the founder and lead of both the Murrumbidgee Academy of STEM [...]

The Public Education Foundation, in partnership with Teachers Mutual Bank, is proud to announce that Emmie Keung and Huy Le, both Learning Specialists at Sunshine College West Campus, have been awarded the 2025 Teachers Mutual Bank Victorian Mid-Career Scholarship. This scholarship recognises and supports public school teachers in Victoria who have been teaching for between five and fifteen years, with $10,000 provided by Teachers Mutual Bank for professional development activities of the [...]

Hellyer College teacher Ronan Douglas has been named the 2025 recipient of the Public Education Foundation’s Teachers Health Early Career Scholarship. Based in Tasmania, Ronan has a passion for empowering students and supporting the teaching profession, particularly in rural and regional areas. Ronan, who teaches Years 11 and 12, plans to use the Teachers Health Scholarship to pursue professional development opportunities, including a program at Harvard University. His focus will be on [...]

Three outstanding Australian school leaders have been awarded prestigious scholarships to attend a world-renowned leadership program at Harvard University, where they will gain cutting-edge insights to translate into action in their school communities. Hala Ramadan, Principal of Belmore Boys’ High School in New South Wales, Mathew Burt, Principal of Broome Senior High School in Western Australia and Michael West, Executive Principal of Bellbird Park State Secondary College in Queensland have each been [...]

The Public Education Foundation announces that its CEO, David Riordan, has informed the Board of his intention to retire at the end of 2024.David has given decades of service to public education, including as a primary school teacher, a TAFE teacher and leader, and as an Australian representative in the international education and training sector, beginning with his involvement on behalf of TAFE NSW with the training of the workforces of the Sydney, [...]