Good morning. There’s no point in trying to cajole more teachers into the profession when our public schools are underfunded, pay and conditions are going backwards and morale is low.
It’s insulting to hard-working teachers everywhere to talk about new programs to attract the ‘best and brightest’ and reward ‘outstanding teachers’ when existing teachers are so undervalued and underpaid.
At today’s Education Ministers Meeting, Labor must come to the table with a plan that lifts resourcing for public schools to meet the minimum School Resource Standard and raises pay for all public school teachers.
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