
HUNTER schools would receive literacy coaches and expert teacher instruction under the Gonski National Plan For School Improvement, according to Minister for School Education Peter Garrett.
Minister for the Teaching Profession Peter Hall has denied budgeting for a reduction in the number of teachers who move up the pay scale every year but said he would be disappointed if the progression rate stays at 99.8 per cent.
Surely, you might assume, we cannot be alone in the universe. Exoplanets are found almost weekly.
Victoria has rated its chances of signing up to the Gonski school funding reforms as 50/50 and denied facing pressure from Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to shun a deal.
We need to do better but standardised testing is a costly and dangerous distraction.
