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Tudge tears into education system, unis, teachers, loves Australia
The federal minister for Education, Alan Tudge, has painted Australian education as a system in serious decline in a speech to the conservative think tank, the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS).
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Maybe put teachers in charge of what they are teaching then, instead of ladder climbers justifying their existence. Maybe allow Principals to suspend appropriately for behaviours or allow teachers to raise a voice occasionally without facing the Spanish Inquisition from parents. It used to be if you copped it at school you would cop it at home too. But not now, if you chastise a child there is likely to be repercussions from a parent who doesn’t believe the school’s version of events, even with umpteen witnesses to the event. Don’t blame the schools or the teachers, blame the system teachers and schools have to work within.
You can tell an election is in the offing. We have Tudge slamming teachers, the education system and universities as being responsible for the so-called decline. What utter rubbish! Parents are NEVER mentioned as playing a role in so-called declining standards when educators KNOW that they play a major role in how their children perform and behave at school. Here we have a minister who won’t dare mention that a voter ( parent) has some responsibility in determining their child’s educational achievement and attitudes for fear of the political ramifications at the ballot box. This tired ill-informed rubbish pedalled by Tudge and other politicians tells a story of convenience not based on facts.
As an educator in both public primary schools and in the university sector, his weasel words aren’t worth noting.