[Greens-Media] Gillard’s teacher pay plan based on Howard era agenda

[John Kaye]

Gillard’s teacher pay plan based on Howard era agenda
 
Media release: 17 August 2009
 
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard’s endorsement of a report
advocating performance-based pay scales for teachers revives the agenda
of the Howard Government, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
 
Commenting on a story in today’s Sydney Morning Herald ('Share the best
teachers and pay well: report', p3), Dr Kaye said: "The Federal
Government is recycling the ideological agenda of the Howard years.
 
"The Rees government should reject the push from Canberra to divide NSW
staffrooms.
 
"Public education is, at heart, a cooperation between teachers,
students and parents.
 
"Performance based pay undermines cooperation and morale, pressures
teachers to teach to arbitrary tests and does nothing to address the
real needs of public education.
 
"Teaching is a demanding profession that should be given greater
respect by policy makers by increasing pay and conditions for all
teachers," Dr Kaye said. 
 
For more information: John Kaye 0407 195 455