The Albanese government will invest $70.9 million more into a program that fast-tracks mid-career professionals to become teachers, based on La Trobe University's well-known Nexus program. La Trobe piloted the two-year Nexus program in 2020 with an aim to plug ...
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Tasmania third state to sign Clare’s funding deal
The Tasmanian government has inked a deal with the federal government that will see public schools receive a significant funding boost, although the union says there is almost $260m unaccounted for. The Liberals have signed the Better and Fairer Schools ...
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Educators in the Northern Territory are set to receive more pay for fewer students as the new Country Liberal Party (CLP) government commits to upholding its predecessor’s pay deal for teachers. Under the pay deal announced by Labor in July, the ...
More »State ministers band together with union in funding debate
Public school students will be left $1000 “worse off” every year unless the Albanese Government agrees to tip an extra $12 billion into classrooms, states have warned amid a bitter funding stoush. The federal government has been accused of “short ...
More »Teachers to rally outside Jason Clare’s office to demand funding
The NSW Teacher's Federation (NSWTF) and its members will rally outside Education Minister Jason Clare's office in Bankstown on Thursday afternoon to demand the Commonwealth lift its funding offer for NSW schools. A letter jointly addressed to the Western Sydney ...
More »Terms of Clare’s funding deal released, union unhappy about funding battle
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has imposed a two-month deadline to sign up on the states who have not accepted his $16bn school funding deal, leaving the Australian Education Union (AEU) concerned governments are putting politics before the needs of ...
More »NSW threatens to delay school reform agreement until Clare agrees to funding deal
NSW Education Minister Prue Car has threatened to extend the current National School Reform Agreement (NSRA) another year in a bid to convince her federal counterpart to agree to a funding deal for the state. The current NSRA is already ...
More »3 ways we can implement Education for Sustainable Development into teaching
Education is bestowed a specific role in empowering young generations to address global challenges like poverty, inequality, climate change, and environmental degradation. This novel endeavour presents a challenge, as the goals were not shaped by the education community, but by ...
More »NSW primary curriculum shakeup from 2027: The changes explained
Kindergarten children will learn about consent, the human body, and world history for the first time under sweeping changes in the NSW primary school curriculum – but for most students the benefits won’t come for another two years. From 2027 teachers across ...
More »Two education academics had the opportunity to interview Jason Clare. Here’s what they asked
Associate professors in initial and postgraduate teacher education at the University of Technology Sydney Jane Hunter and Don Carter co-host Talking Teachers, a podcast that aims to offer new solutions and perspectives on the current issues with education in Australian ...
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