At last, urgent change for education seems possible
Will there finally be progress in improving teacher training to ensure quality teaching becomes the national standard in Australia rather than reliant on the dedication or talent of individual teachers?
The corrosive flaws in Australia’s approach to teaching teachers to teach school students have been evident over many years and countless expert reports. Not so evident is any record of dealing with the problem in any effective way. The cost of that failure is obvious in steadily declining overall results for Australian students despite steadily increasing funding.
Now the combination of irrefutable logic and a more open-minded Labor federal education minister seems to make the prospect of urgent change at least possible.
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Jennifer Hewett is the national affairs columnist. She writes a daily column on politics, business and the economy. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter. Email Jennifer at jennifer.hewett@afr.com
