NSW: Teachers flag more industrial action
SYDNEY, May 18 - Teachers will take further industrial action in the next six weeks if the NSW government doesn't allow a review of its schools reforms.
Tens of thousands of teachers from the state's 2200 schools walked off the job for two hours on Friday morning.
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QLD: Qld fails on school attendance targets
BRISBANE, May 17 - Queensland has failed in its mission to improve school attendance, according to a report on truancy.
The auditor-general's report, handed down on Thursday, shows school attendance rates have been 91 per cent for four years.
NSW: Principals' autonomy 'the wolf in sheep's clothing'
SYDNEY, May 17 - The head of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation admits parents will be angry over teachers' decision to go ahead with a two-hour stopwork meeting this morning.
But the threats posed by the state government's school autonomy reforms are too important not to act, he says.
NSW: Teachers must spot stressed child carers
SYDNEY, May 14 - Teachers should be trained to spot the telltale signs of a struggling student caring for a loved-one with a mental illness, a charity has said.
A Wesley Mission report has found that carers aged under 16 are particularly vulnerable, with the responsibility of looking after a mentally-ill parent or sibling likely to impair their mental and physical health, and finances later in life.
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