Teachers in New South Wales have been offered a six per cent pay rise over the next two years.  On Friday, the Industrial Relations Committee announced it will award an additional 0.25 per cent on top of the existing 2.5 ...

The Grattan Institute has revealed a 12-year blueprint to improve student results by creating attractive new roles for teachers. The institute claims the new career trajectory for expert teachers could “boost student learning by 18 months by the time they ...

We’re often told that Australia’s teachers are among the best paid in the world, based on OECD figures, which is true, but the other – more important – part of the story is that teachers’ pay is falling behind that ...

Whether you agree with him or not, Mark Latham is always passionate about getting things done, and his latest agenda has been improving NSW's education system, particularly performance-based teacher pay and lifting student achievement across the board. Listen to a ...

    Teacher performance-linked pay, teacher performance generally and student achievement – these are three issues that are never far from the headlines. But are the debates founded on sound evidence or merely the thought bubbles of politicians and populist ...

Listen as education editor Wade Zaglas reflects on one of the week's key issues: performance pay for teachers. Who's for it and against it? Can it really work? And what kind of an effect could it have on the profession?