Max Taylor: Of coats and spies
17 October 2018
Section: News
Who would have imagined the role a humble jacket would play in Federation history? Speaking as part of the Unity! Strength! Justice! exhibition, former General Secretary and President Max Taylor spoke of the jacket’s vital role in the heady days of Federation militancy of the ’70s and ’80s.
Teachers Federation response to Labor promises on school funding
10 October 2018
Section: News
Labor’s pledge to substantially increase funding for public schools is a clear point of difference to the Coalition’s funding model which cuts billions of dollars from our schools, while making special deals with Catholic and Independent schools.
New polling shows private school funding deal could sink Morrison government
5 October 2018
Section: News
More than seven in ten undecided voters in specific marginal electorates across Australia disapprove of the Morrison government’s $4.6 billion special funding deal for private schools, according to new polling.
Review into mobile devices in NSW schools
4 October 2018
Section: News
A government review into the risks and benefits associated with the use of mobile digital devices, primarily smartphones, in NSW schools has been launched by the NSW Minister for Education.
Research Confirms Why Minister Stokes Must Continue to Oppose the Morrison Government’s Special Deal
2 October 2018
Section: News
Research commissioned by the NSW Teachers Federation by education economist, Adam Rorris, has produced further evidence supporting the need for fair funding of public schools.
New FOI data reveals PM’s school funding hypocrisy
26 September 2018
Section: News
New school funding data has revealed that Australia’s most disadvantaged government schools receive at least $10,000 less per student in government funding than equivalent Catholic schools.
Teachers to have say on design
24 September 2018
Section: News
The unregulated approach to school infrastructure projects is to come to a halt.
Shift in work tasks vital to prioritise learning
24 September 2018
Section: News
The report on teachers’ workload states: “Teachers’ autonomy is seen to be an indicator of professional respect and is an integral element in professional roles where contradictory and conflicting demands require freedom to manage these within complete professional roles.”
Teachers voices must be heard in curriculum review
23 September 2018
Section: News
Teachers are the experts in terms of developing, implementing and reviewing the curriculum.
Progress towards NAPLAN reform
22 September 2018
Section: News
The campaign to review and ultimately replace the NAPLAN assessment has achieved further gains in recent weeks, with the Education Council releasing a communique stating that state and territory education ministers had agreed that the 2018 NAPLAN test results will not be published on the MySchool website, with any further decisions to be taken at the council’s December meeting.
Stokes gets daily mail on shortage
22 September 2018
Section: News
Education Minister Rob Stokes is now hearing on a daily basis — school-by-school — the effect of the casual teacher shortage.
Coalition’s corrupt school funding proposal lacks fairness
21 September 2018
Section: News
The Morrison Government’s funding deal for Catholic and independent schools fails to address the urgent needs of public school students in NSW.
Election opportunity for salary justice
21 September 2018
Section: Member’s Voice
The NSW election next March provides an opportunity to highlight the need for pay justice, school infrastructure spending and additional permanent positions from equity funds.
Call to retain public school land
20 September 2018
Section: News
The NSW Government recently announced the construction of a new primary school and high school on the Meadowbank TAFE site to “cater for the community’s growing number of families”.
Association Spotlight: Temora Teachers Association
19 September 2018
Section: Member’s Voice
Our population in Temora is 4000 in town and 7000 in the shire, with Ariah Park also a part of our shire.
Demands for superannuation reforms
18 September 2018
Section: News
Federation has called on government to implement initiatives requiring all superannuation funds to be more transparent and accountable.
Quick chats a positive experience
18 September 2018
Section: News
Community members are receptive to conversations about funding for public schools, teachers participating in Fair Funding Now! week of action activities reported.
Petition for new PM calls for fair funding
14 September 2018
Section: News
Sutherland Teachers Association and community members have hand-delivered a Fair Funding Now! petition to the electorate office of Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
New OECD report reveals the real cost of Morrison govt education cuts
12 September 2018
Section: News
Australian teachers are teaching larger classes and working significantly more hours than their colleagues overseas, while public funding for education as a percentage of total government expenditure is falling, according to a new report.
State plan to set high standards for graduate teachers
3 September 2018
Section: News
Federation welcomes the announcement by NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes to raise the bar for graduate teachers and protect high teaching standards.
NAPLAN 2018 results ‘should be discarded’ according to expert review
27 August 2018
Section: News
Teachers have long held concerns about the use of NAPLAN test data, and an independent review of the 2018 test confirms that the data is of ‘very limited use’ and that posting this year’s data to the MySchool website would be ‘inappropriate and misleading’.