Proficient and committed
29 March 2018
Section: Columns
I am writing this in a hotel room in Canberra having spent the day wandering the corridors of Parliament House, accompanied by parents and teachers, dropping in on politicians to argue for a fairer funding model for public schools. It’s a quiet room and as the sun sets, I’m reflecting on the past 40 years.
Join the push for proper resourcing
28 March 2018
Section: News
Everyone committed to achieving fair funding for public schools has been urged by Federation President Maurie Mulheron to sign up to the Fair Funding Now campaign.
Together we can make change — sign up to the Fair Funding Now campaign
27 March 2018
Section: News
Fair funding for public schools is the focus of a major campaign launched today by the Australian Education Union.
Fair funding for public schools campaign to reach all communities
27 March 2018
Section: News
The campaign for fair funding for public schools will ramp up from today, Australian Education Union Federal President Correna Haythorpe said.
NSW TEACHERS FEDERATION MEDIA RELEASE: PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING MUST BE INCREASED
27 March 2018
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation is supporting a major national campaign, launched today in Canberra, to
demand Fair Funding Now for public schools
Voters in key electorates want fair funding for public schools
27 March 2018
Section: News
The overwhelming majority of voters in 18 key marginal electorates believe federal funding for public school is too low and that funding should be increased straight away, a new poll reveals.
Resourcing brings results; calls for review of NAPLAN
7 March 2018
Section: News
Improvements in student outcomes are due to additional resourcing won in the Gonski campaign, not because of NAPLAN testing.
Policy gap widening
2 March 2018
Section: News
This year is the 10th since millions of Australians mourned, wept, celebrated and embraced loved ones on the day then-prime minister Kevin Rudd delivered the National Apology to the First Peoples and to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children forcibly removed from their family and community.
Funding cut set to bite
2 March 2018
Section: News
This was to be the year of a significant school funding uplift, intended to bring hundreds of NSW public schools closer to the minimum Schooling Resource Standard (SRS).
Turnbull Government’s political ads rip $10m out of school funding
1 March 2018
Section: News
The Federal Education Department has been caught misleading Australian parents over funding of almost $10 million for an advertising campaign with money that should have gone to schools.
Federation welcomes decoupling of NAPLAN from HSC
22 February 2018
Section: News
Federation welcomes the announcement by NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes that NAPLAN will be decoupled from the HSC.
The proper resourcing missing; Aboriginal education gap remains
9 February 2018
Section: News
Three of the four education targets of the Closing the Gap Strategy will most likely not be met when the 10th annual report on the initiative is released in Canberra on Monday, the media is reporting.
President calls on state’s dedicated teachers to take action on schools funding
1 February 2018
Section: News
NSW has such an outstanding public education system due to the dedication and commitment of our teachers, Federation Maurie Mulheron says in a video that welcomes teachers back for the 2018 school year.
Government figures confirm cuts to NSW public schools
1 February 2018
Section: News
The NSW Teachers Federation joins the Australian Education Union’s call for school funding to be allocated to address educational inequality. The renewed call comes in response to Productivity Commission data released today that shows government funding for private schools growing at a 60 per cent higher rate than funding for public schools.