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Gonski campaign continues

Community event for Gonski - Stewart House, South Curl Curl, Saturday 25 May  If you support better funding for Australian schools, bring the family along and give a Gonski.

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NSW gives the green light for Gonski

It's go for Gonski in NSW!

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Commonwealth paid parental leave review

Take part in a survey to help Unions NSW form their response to the review.

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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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IDAHO

A day to attempt to decrease discrimination and violence against people of diverse sexuality and gender.

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The Putting Students First Charter

The Putting Students First Charter calls on the state government to guarantee that all educational change will be centred on the educational needs of students.

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...
Killing of teachers in Pakistan
Posted: 2 April 2013
Education International – representing 400 education unions in 173 countries with a total membership of 30 million teachers – is deeply...
Massive rise in disruptive behaviour, warn teachers
Posted: 25 March 2013
A survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) found that the vast majority of staff had recorded a rise in the number of children with...

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Armidale Teachers Association Meeting
27 May 2013
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