Do principals need to get tougher on parents?
A Queensland principal’s recent warning to aggressive parents has seen a positive turnaround in their behaviour, the Department says
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Gov’t alarmed over union material in schools
The Federal Government and a teachers union have locked horns over a plan to provide state schools with Eureka Stockade stickers
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Public schools to take big funding hit
Queensland schools will be almost $500m worse off under Gonski 2.0, the Parliamentary Budget Office has revealed
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Violent assaults against teachers on the rise
Violent attacks against NSW teachers have spiked over the last four years, with many staff being left with concussions, open wounds and fractures
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Spike in reported assaults has silver lining
The fact that more educators are coming forward about being assaulted shows an important shift in attitudes, says one state’s teachers union.
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Teachers mull ‘last resort’ strike over pay
More than 40,000 Queensland teachers are considering industrial action if the state’s government refuses their wage demands.
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Teachers may soon get $100k salaries
If a union-government deal goes ahead, high-performing teachers’ salaries could soon be bumped up to $100,000.
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New acting principal announced for embattled school
The Cape York school at the centre of a media and political firestorm has a "passionate educator" as its new acting principal.
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The Educator Weekend Wrap: Top school probed, principals fear being set up, teachers evacuated again
Making news this week, a top school faces animal cruelty allegations, principals fear investigation and Aurukun teachers get evacuated again.
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Should people with criminal convictions be allowed to teach?
A tribunal’s ruling recently allowed a convicted drug smuggler to teach in Victorian schools – but some have protested the decision.