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Gonski Review Released

After 18 months of investigation, and over 7000 submissions received from the public and stakeholders, the Gonski Review into school funding was officially released today.

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Vote Yes for TAFE Action (video)

Say Yes to all questions on the ballot
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will conduct a postal ballot of TAFE teachers. In the ballot you will be asked whether you support a range of possible protected industrial actions.  All members should vote yes to each form of industrial action.

 

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Devolution = destroying statewide staffing

The statewide staffing system is the promise to parents that a qualified teacher will be appointed to every class that every child in a NSW public school learns in.

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Vocational education and training consultation - have your say!

On Wednesday 28 September the NSW Minister for Education, Adrian Piccoli, announced a consultation on the future of the NSW vocational education and training (VET) sector. It is called Smart and Skilled: making NSW number one.  Have your say!

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Time to invest in our public schools

Send your message to the federal government at forourfuture.org.au

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Government put on notice

School teachers across NSW sent a clear messaqe to the O'Farrell government: negotiate to achieve a fair and reasonable salary increase, or face disruption to schools at the start of the 2012 school year.

Schools' Funding (Gonski) Review released
Posted: 20 February 2012
Public Education Dinner, Blacktown 15 February
Posted: 16 February 2012
TAFE protected action ballot
Posted: 16 February 2012
Record of School Achievement
Posted: 16 February 2012
School transport debacle cost cutting
Posted: 15 February 2012
We must now have an open debate about privatisation
Posted: 14 February 2012
In spite of all the political capital, funding, new buildings, glossy websites and fancy blazers, on close inspection their results overall appear no...
The new anti-science assault on US schools
Posted: 14 February 2012
You might have thought it was all over after the 2005 decision by the US district court of Middle Pennsylvania  which ruled in the case of the...
Pennsylvania schools’ financing fight pits district against ‘charter on steroids’
Posted: 7 February 2012
The Chester Upland School District is more than $20 million in debt, its bank account is almost empty and it cannot afford to pay teachers past the...
Teacher unionists appeal sentences
Posted: 14 December 2011
Bahrain   Education International (EI) has launched a new Urgent Action Appeal on Bahrain, calling on its member organisations to contact...
Why school choice fails
Posted: 6 December 2011
If you want to see the direction that education reform is taking the country, pay a visit to my leafy, majority-black neighborhood in Washington....
Turkey gaols trade unionists
Posted: 5 December 2011
Education International  Executive Board condemns unjust prison sentence on trade union activists in Turkey
Teachers, facing low salaries, moonlight in second jobs
Posted: 1 December 2011
Second jobs are not a new phenomenon for teachers, who have historically been paid less than other professionals. In 1981, about 11 percent of...

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