The NSW phonics check shows 45 percent of students are falling below par,with a vast gap between advantaged students and their disadvantaged peers.
The SCEGGS Darlinghurst principal criticised plans to reward 10 per cent of state school teachers with a $150,000 salary,revealing her own staff’s pay.
Six hundred public school teachers would earn salaries of up to $152,000 under a Coalition election promise to stop the best educators leaving the classroom.
Almost 65,000 kindergarten students will start at NSW public schools this week,learning a new curriculum that focuses on phonics to learn to read.
More than 9000 aspiring teachers have been deterred from entering the profession because of the requirement to undertake a two-year master’s teaching degree,a NSW Productivity Commission report says.
Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said the government will consult parents,students and local communities about a new public high school in eastern Sydney.
A survey of 1350 public school teachers found more than two-thirds would be interested in taking on one of the proposed roles.
A plan for an education campus at Macquarie Park,with a capacity of up to 3000 students,could include shops and high-rise apartments on the same site.
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Principal Scott James told parents on Tuesday that 20 Knox students have faced or are facing disciplinary action after offensive material was posted in an online group.
MPs Alex Greenwich and Allegra Spender are calling for a new public high school in eastern Sydney,saying families have been forced to move catchments or leave the public system.