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Commercialisation in Public Schooling

The Commercialisation in Public Schooling: Final Report Summary reveals teachers are concerned about the influence commercialisation is having in schools.
Womens' Conference 2017

The 2017 Women’s Conference will be held on Saturday 26 August from 9am to 4.30pm in Federation's Conference Centre. Click here for more information and registration details.
DP's Conference

A “DPs” Conference will be held on Saturday 2 September at Federation’s Conference Centre. Click here for information and registration.
Annual Conference 2017: Coverage

A range of important issues for educators such as teacher workload, affordable housing, the Gonski schools funding campaign and the future of assessment and testing were tackled at this year’s Federation Annual Conference. Click read more for full coverage of the event.
JPL podcast now available

To complement and extend teachers’ professional learning, Federation’s Centre for Professional Learning has launched the JPL Podcast.
Beginning Teacher Conferences

The Federation hosts a number of beginning teacher conferences around the state for all new (beginning) teachers who are employed as full time, temporary or casual school teachers by the Department of Education, and who are members of the Union.
CPL Program 2017

The schedule of courses for Semester 2 now available. Apply Now!
RECOGNISE Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia’s Constitution

RECOGNISE is the people’s movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our Constitution.

Cultural diversity in schools, anti-racism and EAL/D pedagogy explored during CPL multicultural conference

Posted: 21 July 2017

New Gonski Review panel hamstrung by narrow Government brief

Posted: 17 July 2017

Will Pearson Australia follow through on offer of transparency?

Posted: 5 July 2017

How business is taking over our schools

Posted: 4 July 2017

Unions call on super funds and government to take action on affordable housing

Posted: 4 July 2017

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Comprehensive school system 'better and fairer'

Posted: 27 October 2015

Comprehensive schooling has given more Scottish children equal opportunities to progress over the past 50 years, research suggests. The impact since...

Obama calls for cuts to schools' standardized testing regimens

Posted: 27 October 2015

White House acknowledges own role in ‘over-testing’ of American students as Obama says such evaluations should not be education’s ‘be-all and end-all...

Teacher unions focus on plight of refugee children’s education

Posted: 22 October 2015

From Europe to the United States, teacher unions are urging their governments to both welcome more refugees and to ensure that schools open their...

WTD: Global celebration of teachers

Posted: 22 October 2015

Across the world, Education International’s affiliates marked World Teachers’ Day with a vast variety of events and projects, from school plays to...

Chile to End Public Funding of Private Education

Posted: 21 May 2015

Chilean Education Minister Nicolas Eyzaguirre Thursday reaffirmed the government's commitment to ending private education. "The pursuit of profit is...

Charter schools and the risk of iIncreased segregation

Posted: 27 November 2014

Charter schools, on average, don’t have an academic advantage over traditional public schools, but they do have a significant risk of leading to more...

Charter school fraud has cost Pennsylvania at least $30 million

Posted: 9 October 2014

Pennsylvania's charter schools are rife with fraud and mismanagement, as anyone who reads local newspapers knows. But a new report from the Center...