It's great education ministers agree the teacher shortage is a problem, but their new plan ignores the root causes

  • Written by: Pasi Sahlberg, Professor of Education, Southern Cross University
It's great education ministers agree the teacher shortage is a problem, but their new plan ignores the root causesFederal Education Minister Jason Clare and his state colleagues met in Canberra on Friday.Lukas Coch/AAP

Last Friday, Australia’s state and federal education ministers met with emotional teachers, who spoke of working on weekends and Mothers’ Day to cope with unsustainable workloads – and how they were thinking about leaving the...

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