NSW Teachers Federation

Gonski Rally in Mildura

It was a successful rally in Mildura on the weekend with nearly two-hundred Gonski supporters gathered.

Australian Education Bill passes Lower House

The amended Australian Education Bill, which provides for legislated funding reform of Australia's schools, and the national plan for school improvement, was passed in the House of Representatives this morning, 5 June 2013. It will now go to the Senate when it next sits.

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Stop Tafe Cuts!

Stop the Cuts Campaign

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Education For All: teachers’ assessment of 25 years of promises

According to the Global Monitoring Report 2012, the education goals agreed on in 1990 on Education for All will not be achieved by 2015.

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It takes a very special person to be a teacher

Launch of New Teachers Federation cinema & TV advertising campaign and website

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Refugee Week

Refugee Week is Australia's peak annual activity to raise awareness about the issues affecting refugees and celebrate the positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society

Gonski Rally in Mildura

Posted: 17 June 2013

South Australia signs up for Gonski

Posted: 14 June 2013

Principals lobby for Gonski

Posted: 13 June 2013

Hands across the border Mildura rally

Posted: 11 June 2013

Australian Education Bill passes Lower House

Posted: 5 June 2013

Ex-troops without degrees to train as teachers

Posted: 11 June 2013

From January 2014 those selected for the scheme will earn a salary, training four days a week on-the-job in classrooms around England and one day at...

Education For All: teachers’ assessment of 25 years of promises

Posted: 29 May 2013

According to the Global Monitoring Report 2012, the education goals agreed on in 1990 at the Jomtien World Conference on Education for All will not...

Headteachers told: choose highly paid staff or smaller classes in your schools

Posted: 22 May 2013

Headteachers may face a difficult balancing act between improved wages for their staff or smaller classes for their pupils, Ofsted's chief...

World Day against Child Labour, 12 June 2013

Posted: 21 May 2013

Michael Gove heckled at head teachers' conference in Birmingham

Posted: 20 May 2013

The education secretary faced one of the angriest receptions of his three years in office when he appeared before head teachers in Birmingham. The...

Blind, severely disabled boy forced to take standardised test

Posted: 10 April 2013

Rick called me a few days ago. He had, he said, been contacted by Linda Stewart, a member of the Florida legislature. She was looking into a...

Ex-schools chief in Atlanta is indicted in testing scandal

Posted: 2 April 2013

During his 35 years as a Georgia state investigator, Richard Hyde has persuaded all sorts of criminals — corrupt judges, drug dealers, money...

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