Gonski funding ‘best for low-SES students’
Implementation of the full six years of Gonski funding will give students the same real prospect of educational success, regardless of their family circumstances, say teachers.
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Teacher stress sees rising compensation claims
Millions of dollars has been paid out to struggling teachers who are resorting to compensation claims as their workloads increase.
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Pyne: Schools must teach tolerance for children of same-sex couples
As controversy continues over the decision by NSW Education Minister to ban the screening of a documentary on same-sex parenting in schools, Christopher Pyne says same-sex couples and their children “deserve to be tolerated”.
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Teachers slam media ‘intimidation’ over Gayby Baby video
Schools have a responsibility to provide students with an understanding of diversity, inclusion and respect, says NSW Teachers Federation president, Maurie Mulheron.
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Police to be stationed inside troubled school
Police are being deployed to the school to engage with students, not to punish them, says NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli.
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Anti-cheating strategy won’t fail, say teachers
In-class assignments are a simple and effective way for schools to prevent students from cheating, Maurie Mulheron tells The Educator.
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Ignore Gonski at your peril, teachers warn govt
Australia's school system risks becoming one of the world's most inequitable, NSW Teachers Federation president, Maurie Mulheron, tells The Educator.
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NAPLAN tests to be marked by computers
Computers will mark the written component of the NAPLAN exams from 2017 – a plan that has infuriated teachers.
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School a 'hot bed of violence': Piccoli holds urgent meeting
Adrian Piccoli is set to hold an urgent meeting with teachers over reports of “daily violence" in a NSW school.
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Beyond Knox: what to do if a teacher is reported
The procedures that govern a school’s response to teacher misconduct are strict and unequivocal in both the public and private sector.