I thought staff might be interested in this report by the Productivity Commission into Australia’s school workforce. Some points from the article:
“It recommended governments use a program to give principals more autonomy to trial pay incentives to attract teachers.” – for rural and hard to fill positions.
“The report also criticised efforts to reduce class sizes over the past 50 years as “a costly policy that has not translated into a commensurate improvement in overall student outcomes.”.
“The commission also said principals should be given the power to discipline or fire underperforming teachers.”
“It said efforts to improve teacher quality should not focus on the payment of bonuses.”