The release of the 2021 NAPLAN results confirm there has been no statistically significant drop in student performance resulting from two years of the pandemic at both national and state/territory levels. But despite this positive news, the Australian Education Union ...
More »Teachers union bans Victorian Labor MPs from visiting school campuses amid pay disputes
Public school staff will ban Victorian state Labor MPs from visiting campuses as politicians ramp up their campaigns ahead of next year’s state election. It comes as the Victorian teachers union fights for a larger pay increase, warning the ban ...
More »Weekly roundup 5: Vic state schools ban mobiles, teachers’ savings plunge and pushback over NAPLAN online
Hi and welcome to another Education Review weekly roundup of the top news stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor. You can either read this summary or listen to the podcast below. All stories can be ...
More »Morrison loses support due to private school funding: union-commissioned poll
Undecided voters in some marginal electorates aren’t too pleased with Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s private school funding deal if new union figures are to go by. The Australian Education Union’s (AEU) Reachtel poll of 1261 residents, conducted on 27 September, ...
More »Schools face major cuts
As long as current arrangement in school funding across Australia remains, significant funding opportunities may slip, the Australian Education Union said. AEU federal president Angelo Gavrielatos said the new federal government figures showed schools would lose up to $5.4 billion ...
More »Putting a price on private
Critics of independent schools say fees have risen too much over the past decade but supporters argue that they match CPI increases and are essential for basic operations. The past decade has been nothing short of turbulent in economic terms. ...
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