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The Educator Weekend Wrap: Teacher awarded $87k, principals’ political stoush & school gets reprieve
Making news this week, Fair Work awards a whistleblower teacher $87k, principals get caught up in a political stoush and a school is saved at the eleventh hour.
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Education Department likened to Monty Python sketch
The Fair Work Commission has ordered the Victorian Education Department to pay $87,000 to a “whistleblower” school teacher.
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Schools using Gonski to get out of the red
Cash-strapped schools are using needs-based Gonski funding money to pay off debts, according to documents.
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Far Out Friday: Departing students get quirky send-off
UK high school teachers put an entertaining twist on how they farewelled their school’s Year 11 leavers this year.
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Principal shocked by ‘hate crimes’
A Perth Islamic school was recently targeted by xenophobic attacks, including the firebombing of a car outside its grounds and racist graffiti.
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Opinion: The conversation we should be having about our schools
An important part of the education debate is glaringly absent, says Inner Sydney Montessori School principal, Dr William McKeith.
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Complacency ‘killing Australian education’
Two renowned voices in education warn that a major rethink is needed to save Australian schools from a national problem.
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NSW school admin program blows out to $752m
The cost of the NSW Education Department’s school administration computer program has reached $752m – nearly double its original budget.
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Getting real with executive education
The ground beneath traditional executive education is shifting, explains Catherine McKenzie from the Human Capital Leadership Institute.
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Opinion: Selling new technology to the board
The pitfalls for schools operating without the latest technologies are becoming glaringly obvious, says Stuart Callaghan, account director at IComm.
