If we want to move to more productive and holistic post-COVID education in our country, we should rethink NAPLAN in its current form and focus on what matters.
Teacher retention is an ongoing issue. Actions to enhance respect will result in more positive and productive relationships between teachers and students, as well as with colleagues, and parents.
A $10 million federal government campaign to attract more people to teaching is welcomed, but attention also needs to be on retaining those who have chosen it as a career.
The media’s attention-grabbing headlines are misguided and unhelpful, when the focus needs to be on how our school systems are failing students and teachers.
