Shadow Education Minister Tanya Plibersek says we need to “continue to invest in our teachers” and “restore the status of teaching in our community”.
Australian students are falling behind other developed countries in reading, maths and science, according to new results from an international student assessment.
Ms Plibersek told Sky News the government needed to “back our teachers” and said she wanted to see people compete to get into teaching like they compete to get into medicine. The shadow education minister also said it was "ridiculous" Education Minister Dan Tehan reportedly complained about the teachers' union. “It’s a bit reflexive for the Liberals to go straight to blaming the unions for any problem they see with the community,” she said.
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