Mr McKim has his priorities all wrong.
While the Minister defends $4.2 million of funds being spent to create eleven ‘Principal Network Leaders’, students with special needs are missing out because of his cruel funding cuts to schools. Read more »
COAG report confirms Tasmania can’t afford cuts to education
A decade of Labor in Government has seen reading literacy in Tasmania plunge. A COAG report on the National Education Agreement, released yesterday, shows that between 2000-2009 Tasmania experienced the largest decline in reading literacy in the nation. Read more »
High Schools should go to year 12
The Liberals’ welcome the opening of the new Kingston High School which will provide excellent educational facilities for students in this region. It is however a shame that the Government failed to use this as an opportunity to extend learning at Kingston High School to Year 12. Read more »
World Teachers Day – a time to recognise and reflect on our great teachers
World Teachers Day is a great time to recognize the positive contribution teachers make to the future of each and every Tasmanian child. Great teachers make learning fun, they inspire, encourage and bring out the best in every child. Read more »
Survey shows budget cuts will hurt schools – McKim must act
A survey of Principals by the Public Education Alliance has given an alarming insight into the very real impact of Minister McKim’s savage cuts to school budgets. Read more »
