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DARK SECRETS: Australian education union | Vintage Vibes

Victoria teachers strike: warning of further action as 35,000 rally and hundreds of schools cancel classes

Union leaders say Tuesday’s protest in Melbourne’s CBD was among state’s ‘biggest’ in years

The Guardian - AU

Funding for Australian school students with disabilities ‘woefully inadequate’, principals say

Exclusive: Schools have reallocated as much as $1bn from other areas to support children with disabilities in past year, survey finds

The Guardian - AU

Public school teachers forced to use evidence-backed methods in secret

Teachers are 'routinely dismissed' for speaking out.

The Canberra Times

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‘Deliberate lie’: education lobby group says ‘landmark’ school agreement falls short of 100% funding

Federal and WA state governments’ public school funding deal dismissed as ‘not good enough’ by Australian Education Union

The Guardian - AU

Public schools to remain underfunded: education union

The Australian Education Union says the federal government must do more to ensure public schools are fully funded to provide every opportunity to Australians.

AAP

CIT's one $8.5m 'complexity and systems thinker' could have paid 100 teachers: union

CIT teachers are taking steps towards strike action.

The Canberra Times

'This is not teacher-bashing': union aware of problems at two ACT schools

Teachers at two schools under review are 'doing the best they possibly can'.

The Canberra Times

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'We must take a stand': teachers' union rejects report on reading instruction

The union said socioeconomic status was to blame for lagging reading skills.

The Canberra Times

More pupil free days and big salary rises in teachers' new pay deal

ACT teachers to earn $100k within two years under new pay deal.

The Canberra Times

Australian Education Union SA state secretary Leah York caught on CCTV allegedly stealing from Mount Gambier boutique

South Australia's teachers' union will hold an urgent meeting on Thursday, after a Mount Gambier business accuses the organisation's state secretary of shoplifting.

ABC News

Teachers lay groundwork for strike in Term 1 next year

ACT public school teachers have rejected an initial pay offer and are moving towards industrial action.

The Canberra Times

Former union secretary did not breach financial duties, regulator finds

A former AEU secretary has been cleared of wrongdoing by the union regulator.

The Canberra Times

The NT's controversial 'effective enrolment' school funding model to be scrapped in wake of independent review

An independent review into the Northern Territory government's "effective enrolment" school funding model found there is little evidence it acts as an "accountability mechanism" to improve attendance rates.

ABC News

Four-day week the secret to fixing Canberra's teacher shortages?

The Australian Education Union has told an inquiry a four-day week would benefit ACT schools.

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ACT schools are bracing for a 'tough' Term 3

Canberra schools are doing all they can to prepare for a difficult term amid rising COVID cases.

The Canberra Times

Why are there so many pupil free days in Canberra schools this year?

Parents will need to keep children home two extra days in Term 3, as they did in Term 2.

The Canberra Times

'War zone but worse': Students banned from attending school over safety fears

Overworked staff at Calwell High School deal with violence as staffing shortage reaches crisis point.

The Canberra Times

WorkSafe called to Canberra school amid dire teacher shortage

Teachers' union says more schools could move to remote learning in final week of term

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ACT teachers 'scared' in classes of up to 60 students amid shortage

The Education Directorate does not know how many teachers will be needed in coming years as teachers say they do not feel safe in classes of up to 60 students, an inquiry has been told.

ABC News

SA Premier rules out longer Easter school holidays to counter COVID-19 outbreaks at schools

Premier Peter Malinauskas quickly shuts down any talk of public schools finishing term 1 a week early due to the pressures of COVID-19.

AAP

Call to cut SA school term over virus

The Australian Education Union has called for an early end to the school term- in South Australia because of surging COVID-19 cases.

AAP

Tas students prepare for classroom return

The Australian Education Union has raised concerns about staffing levels in Tasmania ahead of the return of public school students this week.

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