The "ghetto" allowance as it is affectionately known is an amount of money given to teachers in hard to staff schools. It is compensation for the loss of skill, access to promotion and the general reduction in standards of acceptable behaviour by...

I've played many of my games at school with students and have been pleasantly surprised that they have been well looked after. Last week I set up all the games and asked the principal to come see them in action. Since then a number of teachers have...

This was the chicken and egg question of yesterday. Does a student need to enjoy school to do well? My initial thought was no. I hated school but still did well. ... but then, I was hardly the average kid. So I looked at the top ten kids in each...

WACOT released the following figures about Perth teachers in their latest publication InClass, found here. • 38,125 Registered Teachers • 7,749 Provisionally Registered Teachers • 363 Limited Authority to Teach • 26 Associate Members •...

yay!!! Q: How does Good King Wencelas like his pizza? A: Deep pan, crisp and even! Here's more and more and more. All cringeworthy! Don't forget to ask Santa to look after all those people who ended up on EIP or who were on fixed term contracts and...