Australian state Labor government slashes school budgets
This New South Wales announcement highlights the role of federal, state and territory Labor governments in deepening the decades-long cuts to public schools.
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This New South Wales announcement highlights the role of federal, state and territory Labor governments in deepening the decades-long cuts to public schools.
The NSW government and Commonwealth are at loggerheads over funding contributions to the state’s public schools.
Thousands of deputy and assistant principals will be forced back into teaching roles to help deal with chronic staffing shortages in NSW public schools.
Education Minister Prue Car was tasked with identifying the budget savings needed to boost the wages of 95,000 teachers, the majority of which will receive historic increases of up to $10,000.
Australia’s school education system has a fundamentally flawed element: teaching is treated like an art, not a science.