The Federal Government’s inquiry into the ‘Status of the Teaching Profession’ presented a summary report in April this year which took written submissions and held several public hearings. The report supported and complimented the findings of several recent inquiries into ...
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Teachers are demoralised because of the hours of “pointless busy work” they‘re expected to perform each week, an inquiry has heard. A team of academics, which has looked into the problem of teacher shortages in Australia, presented their research findings ...
More »Paid to learn: 40% wage rises to recruit professionals into schools
University-educated workers could be offered pay rises of up to 40 per cent to teach in schools as part of plans led by the federal government to attract more people into education. This week, the Australian Institute for Teaching and ...
More »New book explores what we can learn from Finland’s education system
A pithy quote sets the tone early in Michael Lawrence’s latest book about the state of education in Australia and why it’s so important: Testing 3,2,1: What Australian Education can Learn from Finland. Penned by English educationalist Sir Ken Robinson, ...
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