The connections teachers had with the wider environment of their school can also be studied via printed annual school reports. Some of them are kept by the Slovenian School Museum; most are from primary schools, grammar schools, and other secondary and vocational schools. The first known printed reports on the progress of pupils go back to the mid-18th century, whilst the beginnings of this custom can be found in the 16th century. Grammar schools started printing annual reports (Ger. Jahresbericht) in 1849, replacing the previous lists of students and their school results (Juventus). After 1850, primary schools in Slovenia began printing annual reports with a basic content similar to those produced by the grammar schools, whilst the publications of pedagogical and professional discussions spread after 1860 and can be followed until around 1920. Annual reports offer researchers into school history a number of important data: about how lessons were organised, about school subjects and textbooks, the language of instruction, lists of teachers and pupils, statistical data, records from school chronicles, legal provisions and regulations. We are particularly interested in the pedagogical and professional discussions among teachers published in primary school annual reports. An overview of these discussions from various Slovenian areas shows that teachers were striving particularly hard during the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century. Their efforts were directed mainly at five important areas: a great deal of attention was given to the moral education of pupils and gaining parents’ support for common educational work; another important area was patriotic education and learning about the ruling family; there were pedagogical discussions on helping the pupil’s progress; historical contributions about the history of the school and where it was located; and professional and economic discussions, which also reflect teachers’ desire to see improvements in agriculture and the economy. With the publication of discussions in annual reports teachers’ thoughts and advice, via the pupils, reached the parents and the wider social environment. The teacher can be seen as an important educator of society and standard bearer for cultural and economic progress.