The prospect of rewarding high performing school teachers with performance-based pay is an evergreen issue that has recently re-entered public debate. In light of declining national student results in international testing, and concerns about whether entry standards for prospective teachers ...

Thousands of Victorian public school teachers have voted to walk off the job next week in their bid for better pay and conditions. The state government has offered teachers annual pay rises of 2.5 per cent, with any further increases ...