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Students at The Entrance Public School

‘We haven’t looked back’: How these eight schools are turning around results

It started with one humble Central Coast school. Now a teaching revolution is sweeping the district.

  • Lucy Carroll

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A Western Australian decision to lower its teaching qualification standard and mutual recognition agreements is allowing unqualified teachers to work in Victorian and NSW classrooms.

Teachers exploiting loophole to work in classrooms without minimum qualifications

A West Australian decision to lower its teaching qualification standard and mutual recognition agreements is allowing unqualified teachers to work in Victorian and NSW classrooms.

  • Grant McArthur and Kieran Rooney
Pictures of the damage, including flooding where the teacher’s accommodation is located.

Cyclone Zelia wreaked havoc on this WA school. Months later, it’s still rebuilding

Teacher accommodation was destroyed, and they are still waiting on a solution after months of displacement – including sleeping on the floor of a church – to make sure their students could go to school.

  • Holly Thompson
State school teachers protest outside the office of Education Minister Ben Carroll in Niddrie last month.

State school teachers demand 35 per cent pay rise, smaller classes, reduced workload

The cash-strapped and debt-laden state government is about to be hit with big wage claim by underpaid and fired-up public school teachers.

  • Noel Towell
Academic life is becoming increasingly unsatisfying and insecure.

Netflix has romanticised academia. This is what it’s really like

There’s a widespread misconception about working life in an Australian university.

  • Graeme Turner
Former teacher Eleanor Yorke has been barred from teaching after admitting to an inappropriate relationship with a student.

Former Carey Grammar teacher banned for 35,000 messages to student

The teacher, who repeatedly messaged the student and started a romantic relationship with them, has been barred from the profession for three years.

  • Caroline Schelle
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New education minister Sabine Winton.

Education minister promises to reduce WA teachers’ workload in first major speech

Sabine Winton spoke at the State School Teachers’ Union WA state council conference following the release of a survey which revealed the key reasons teachers had considered quitting.

  • Holly Thompson
As more schools embrace student-led discussions with teachers, it pays to prepare discussion points ahead of time.

How to get the most out of parent-teacher interviews when your child is there

Student-led conferences, where your child leads the conversation about their learning, can feel a little awkward. Getting the most from your 10-minute chat requires preparation and poise.

  • Jenna Guillaume
State government principals have been granted new powers.

Northland machete brawlers should be kicked out of school, government says

The state government is giving principals expanded powers to punish out-of-school conduct, but the profession is worried.

  • Noel Towell, Nicole Precel and Bridie Smith
Catholic school teachers are on a collision course with their employers over pay and conditions.

Unholy workplace row brewing in state’s Catholic schools

Catholic school teachers and their employers cannot even agree on the framework for talks on a new wage deal.

  • Noel Towell

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